Genetic map of African-Americans to aid study of diseases, human evolution

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

A group of researchers has constructed the world's most detailed genetic map, a tool scientists can use to better understand the roots of disease and how DNA is passed generationally to create diversity in the human species. Almost every prior genetic map was developed in people of European ancestry. The new map is the first built in African-Americans.

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