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Pilot GenomeAsia 100K Project Highlights Insights Gleaned From Diverse Dataset

Dec 04, 2019
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NEW YORK – Researchers from the GenomeAsia 100K Project have begun to develop a reference dataset of genomes from individuals living in Asia, with the goal of boosting the representation of Asians in genomic research.

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