Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity
Publisher: National Academies Press 1997
ISBN/ASIN: 0309059313
ISBN-13: 9780309059312
Number of pages: 102
Description:
This report examines the scientific merits and value of research on human genetic or genomic variation and the organizational, policy, and ethical issues that such research poses in a more-general context than the proposed HGDP (Human Genome Diversity Project).
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