Prospective avenues for human population genomics and disease mapping in southern Africa

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 295
Issue: 5
Pages: 1079-1089
Citations: 38
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                                    Yolandi Swart, 
                                
                                    Gerald van Eeden, 
                                
                                    Anel Sparks
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Prospective avenues for human population genomics and disease mapping in southern Africa. 
                            Molecular Genetics and Genomics
                            , 295
                            (5)
                            , 1079-1089.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-020-01684-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/s00438-020-01684-8