La arquitectura genética de Groenlandia está determinada por la demografía, la estructura y la selección

Frederik Filip Stæger1, Mette K Andersen2, Zilong Li1

  • 1Department of Biology, Section for Computational and RNA Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nature
|February 12, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

La investigación genómica en los inuit de Groenlandia revela variaciones genéticas únicas que influyen en los rasgos metabólicos y el riesgo de enfermedad. La inclusión de estos datos mejora la precisión del cribado genético y reduce las desigualdades en la atención médica para las poblaciones indígenas.

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