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Published online 21 February 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.614
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Largest yet survey of human genetic diversity
DNA analyses highlight human differences — and similarities.
Scientists have taken an unprecedented look at worldwide genetic diversity to illuminate the history of the world’s populations.
In two papers — one published today in Science 1, the other published yesterday in Nature 2 — two teams performed the most thorough genetic analysis yet on samples from the Human Genome Diversity Project, which covers more than 50 geographic groups from all over the globe.
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