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Novel population specific autosomal copy number variation and its functional analysis amongst Negritos from Peninsular Malaysia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Mokhtar Siti Shuhada, Marshall Christian R, Phipps Maude E, Thiruvahindrapuram Bhooma, Lionel Anath C, Scherer Stephen W, Peng Hoh Boon
Abstract excerpt
Copy number variation (CNV) has been recognized as a major contributor to human genome diversity. It plays an important role in determining phenotypes and has been associated with a number of common and complex diseases. However CNV data from diverse populations is still limited. Here we report the first investigation of CNV in the indigenous populations from Peninsular Malaysia. We genotyped 34 Negrito genomes...
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