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Gene Discovery for Complex Traits: Lessons from Africa.

Cell - 5 Oct 2017

McClellan Jon M, Lehner Thomas, King Mary-Claire

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The genetics of African populations reveals an otherwise "missing layer" of human variation that arose between 100,000 and 5 million years ago. Both the vast number of these ancient variants and the selective pressures they survived yield insights into genes responsible for complex traits in all populations.

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PMID: 28985555
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.037

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