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Review
. 2018 Nov;6(6):873-886.
doi: 10.1002/mgg3.533.

Genetics and genomics in Peru: Clinical and research perspective

Heinner Guio  1   2 , Julio A Poterico  1   3 , Kelly S Levano  4 , Mario Cornejo-Olivas  5 , Pilar Mazzetti  5   6 , Gioconda Manassero-Morales  3 , Manuel F Ugarte-Gil  2   7 , Eduardo Acevedo-Vásquez  6   8 , Milagros Dueñas-Roque  9   10 , Alejandro Piscoya  11   12 , Ricardo Fujita  13 , Cesar Sanchez  1 , Sandro Casavilca-Zambrano  14   15 , Luis Jaramillo-Valverde  4 , Yasser Sullcahuaman-Allende  15   16 , Juan M Iglesias-Pedraz  2   17 , Hugo Abarca-Barriga  18   19   20
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Review

Genetics and genomics in Peru: Clinical and research perspective

Heinner Guio et al. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Peruvians currently preserve in their DNA the history of 2.5 million years of human evolution and 150,000 years of migration from Africa to Peru or the Americas. The development of Genetics and Genomics in the clinical and academic field is shown in this review.

Keywords: Peru; genetic; genomic.

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