Pharmacogenomic diversity among Brazilians: Influence of ancestry, self-reported Color and geographical origin

By virtue of being the product of the genetic admixture of three ancestral roots: Europeans, Africans and Amerindians, the present day Brazilian population displays very high levels of genomic diversity, which have important pharmacogenetic/-genomic (PGx) implications. Recognition of this fact has...

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Main Authors: Guilherme eSuarez-Kurtz, Sergio Danilo Juno Pena, Claudio José Struchiner, Mara Helena Hutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2012.00191/full