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Nature Medicine 13, 27 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm0107-27

Scanning The Genome

Kyle Vogan1

  1. Kyle Vogan is a Senior Editor at Nature Genetics.

In the hands of geneticists, the old saw "each of us is unique" becomes a challenge. The human genetic landscape consists of 6 to 8 million common genetic variants, defined as those carried by at least 5% of the population—a subset of which contribute appreciably to the heritability of many common diseases.

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