Ranajit Chakraborty, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Published online: July 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005439
Understanding the extent of genetic variation among individuals within as well as across populations is the main objective of population genetic studies. The principles of population genetics have had a major role in studying evolutionary changes of genetic variation and in developing methods for gene discovery using genetic markers to evaluate disease risk in individuals.
Keywords: genetic variation; molecular evolution; polymorphism; gene mapping; human identification
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