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Article: New study rebuts claims about Icelandic genetic heterogeneity.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 10, 2003
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2003 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There has been some controversy in the media and within the scientific research community concerning whether Icelanders are genetically homogenous or heterogeneous relative to other European populations.
Following an article published in Annals of Human Genetics in January 2003 by E. Arnason, who concluded that Icelanders were one of the most heterogeneous populations in Europe, researchers from deCODE Genetics and the University of Oxford have published an article in Annals of Human Genetics (2003;67(4):281-97) corroborating findings from earlier studies that Iceland is indeed home to one of the most homogenous gene ...