Differential methylation between ethnic sub-groups reflects the effect of genetic ancestry and environmental exposures

Differential methylation between ethnic sub-groups reflects the effect of genetic ancestry and environmental exposures

Populations are often divided categorically into distinct racial/ethnic groups based on social rather than biological constructs. Genetic ancestry has been suggested as an alternative to this categorization. Herein, we typed over 450,000 CpG sites in whole blood of 573 individuals of diverse Hispani...

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Main Authors: Joshua M Galanter, Christopher R Gignoux, Sam S Oh, Dara Torgerson, Maria Pino-Yanes, Neeta Thakur, Celeste Eng, Donglei Hu, Scott Huntsman, Harold J Farber, Pedro C Avila, Emerita Brigino-Buenaventura, Michael A LeNoir, Kelly Meade, Denise Serebrisky, William Rodríguez-Cintrón, Rajesh Kumar, Jose R Rodríguez-Santana, Max A Seibold, Luisa N Borrell, Esteban G Burchard, Noah Zaitlen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-01-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
methylation
epigenetics
ethnicity
Latinos
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/20532

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/20532

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