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Editorial
. 2017 Nov 7;23(11):1243.
doi: 10.1038/nm.4445.

Accounting for sex in the genome

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Editorial

Accounting for sex in the genome

No authors listed. Nat Med. .

Abstract

Genetic association studies of the human genome often omit the X chromosome because of the unique analytical challenges it presents. A concerted effort to undo this exclusion could offer medically relevant insights into basic biology that might otherwise be missed.

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