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Copy number variation in African Americans.
BMC genetics - 24 Mar 2009
McElroy Joseph P, Nelson Matthew R, Caillier Stacy J, Oksenberg Jorge R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Copy number variants (CNVs) have been identified in several studies to be associated with complex diseases. It is important, therefore, to understand the distribution of CNVs within and among populations. This study is the first report of a CNV map in African Americans. RESULTS: Employing a SNP platform with greater than 500,000 SNPs, a first-generation CNV map of the African American genome was...
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