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Comment
. 2012 Dec 26;13(12):182.
doi: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-12-182.

A new era of human population genetics

Alexander Platt, John Novembre
Comment

A new era of human population genetics

Alexander Platt et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

The 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has recently published an important early contribution to a new generation of systematic surveys of rare human genetic variation.

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  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes.
    1000 Genomes Project Consortium; Abecasis GR, Auton A, Brooks LD, DePristo MA, Durbin RM, Handsaker RE, Kang HM, Marth GT, McVean GA. 1000 Genomes Project Consortium, et al. Nature. 2012 Nov 1;491(7422):56-65. doi: 10.1038/nature11632. Nature. 2012. PMID: 23128226 Free PMC article.

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