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Australian Indigenous genomes are highly diverse and unlike those anywhere else

In collecting genomic data for Indigenous Australians, scientists hope to expand knowledge of human genetic diversity and improve health for this group.
  1. Bianca Nogrady
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Australian Indigenous communities from different regions in the north and centre of the country are some of the most genetically distinct people on the planet, according to a pair of studies published in Nature today1,2. Indigenous Australian communities have the highest rate of genetic variation outside people in Africa.

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Nature 625, 15-16 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-04006-1

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  1. Silcocks, M. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06831-w (2023).

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  2. Reis, A. L. M. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06842-7 (2023).

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