Genetic Structure of the Panamanian Population --Ancestral Genes and Biomedical Implications
Synopsis
The universe of genetics is a very specialized field and therefore limited to a select and prepared group of researchers, who help us to elucidate the origins of our ethnic groups.
It is comforting to find that we have Panamanian researchers who have dedicated their time and effort to navigate the difficult waters of the genetic markers of our anthropological groups, to define paths that allow us to know our past and direct our present and our future.
More importantly, these efforts have an immediate practical application. They do not remain potential hypotheses, but show their first applicable results, revealing the relationship between the proportion of ancestral genes and the incidence of certain diseases in our population.
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Genetic Structure of the Panamanian Population --Ancestral Genes and Biomedical Implications
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