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. 2014 Jul;2(4):280-91.
doi: 10.1002/mgg3.95.

Genetics and genomics in Brazil: a promising future

Maria Rita Passos-Bueno  1 , Debora Bertola  2 , Dafne Dain Gandelman Horovitz  3 , Victor Evangelista de Faria Ferraz  4 , Luciano Abreu Brito  1
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Genetics and genomics in Brazil: a promising future

Maria Rita Passos-Bueno et al. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2014 Jul.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Inbreeding and Infant mortality rate across Brazil; (A) Inbreeding occurrence in Brazil, adapted from Salzano and Freire-Maia . The diameter of black dots are proportional to the coefficient of inbreeding (f). According to that study, Brazil has a high-inbreeding zone, with f values between 0.007–0.01, spanning most of Northeastern inland, a medium-inbreeding zone (f values between 0.002–0.005), in the Northeastern coast and some Central–Western areas, and a low-inbreeding zone (f values below 0.001), encompassing the Southern states and other sparse areas.; (B) Infant mortality rate in Brazilian regions (per 1000), according to the 2010 Census data of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Evolution of infant mortality (under 1 year old) by year, from 1980 to 2013. With the observed overall decrease in deaths caused by different conditions, congenital malformations became the second cause of infant mortality in Brazil (DATASUS).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Updated graphic representation of clinical genetic services in Brazil (2012), with aggregated information from the census by Horovitz (2003), outpatient information system from the Ministry of Health and Brazilian Society of Medical Genetics, plus updated information on new clinical genetic services (presentation of abstracts at meetings of the Brazilian Society of Medical Genetics and personal communications between the years 2003 and 2009). There is no reference to any type of care in the speciality in the states of Amapá (AP), Roraima (RR), Rondônia (RO) and Tocantins (TO).
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