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Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity

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Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0309059313
ISBN-13: 9780309059312
Number of pages: 102

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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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