Science is finding evidence of genetic diversity among groups of people as well as among individuals. This discovery should be embraced, not feared, say Bruce T. Lahn and Lanny Ebenstein.
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Lahn, B., Ebenstein, L. Let's celebrate human genetic diversity. Nature 461, 726–728 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461726a
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