A genetic melting-pot

被引:51
作者
Feldman, MW [1 ]
Lewontin, RC
King, MC
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Museum Comparat Zool, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Washington, Dept Genome Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[4] Univ Washington, Dept Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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D O I
10.1038/424374a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Ancestral genetic data are far more useful for medical purposes than are racial categories, which may be correlated with disease for social or economic rather than biological reasons.
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页码:374 / 374
页数:1
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