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August 13, 2008

A Different Kind of Gene Mapping: Comparing Genetic and Geographic Structure in Europe

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By Chris Gignoux and Mike Macpherson It should be no surprise that in general, we are more genetically similar to our neighbors than to people living far away. The reason is fairly simple — until recently in human history it was fairly rare for people from widely separated geographic regions to even meet, [...]

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