2010 Presidential Address: Culture: the silent language geneticists must learn--genetic research with indigenous populations.

Am J Hum Genet

Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Departments of Human Genetics and Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Published: March 2011


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