Genetic ancestry plays a central role in population pharmacogenomics

Hsin-Chou Yang et al. examine population structure in several genomic databases and identify that pharmacogenetic loci are enriched for markers of genetic ancestry. Their results suggest that genetic ancestry must be carefully considered in population pharmacogenetics studies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hsin-Chou Yang, Chia-Wei Chen, Yu-Ting Lin, Shih-Kai Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01681-6