Genome-wide association studies in diverse populations.

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Published in Nat Rev Genet on May 01, 2010

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Noah A Rosenberg1, Lucy Huang, Ethan M Jewett, Zachary A Szpiech, Ivana Jankovic, Michael Boehnke

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1: Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. rnoah@umich.edu

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