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Feero, W.G., Steiner, R.D., Slavotinek, A. et al. Guidance on use of race, ethnicity, and geographic origin as proxies for genetic ancestry groups in biomedical publications. Nat Genet 56, 555–556 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01708-8
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