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Group Unveils ‘1,000 Genomes’ Study to Map
Genetic Variants Using New Sequencing Tools

[January 22, 2008]

By Julia Karow

While existing databases list genetic variations found in at least 10 percent of a population, the new map will include variants across the genome that are present in as few as 1 percent of humans, and variants within genes that occur in 0.5 percent or fewer people.

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