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Nature 437, 1241-1242 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371241a; Published online 26 October 2005
Genomics: Understanding human diversity
David B. Goldstein1 & Gianpiero L. Cavalleri1
Abstract
The first edition of a massive catalogue of human genetic variation is now complete. The long-term task is to translate these data into an understanding of the effects of that variation on human health.
When, as a medical student, the author W. Somerset Maugham could not find a nerve where it was supposed to be, his anatomy instructor uncovered the hidden nerve and explained that "the normal is the rarest thing in the world"1.
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