Race: A genetic melting-pot

Marcus W. Feldman, Richard C. Lewontin and Mary-Claire King
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Marcus W. Feldman: Stanford University
Richard C. Lewontin: the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Mary-Claire King: University of Washington

Nature, 2003, vol. 424, issue 6947, 374-374

Abstract: Ancestral genetic data are far more useful for medical purposes than are racial categories, which may be correlated with disease for social or economic rather than biological reasons.

Date: 2003
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