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Comment
. 2019 Oct;574(7780):618-620.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-03171-6.

The promise and peril of the new science of social genomics

David Adam
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The promise and peril of the new science of social genomics

David Adam. Nature. 2019 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Ethics; Genomics; Human behaviour.

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