Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of the Icelandic population

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BiologyIcelandicComputational biologyScale (ratio)GenomeCancer genome sequencingShotgun sequencingWhole genome sequencingPopulationEvolutionary biologyGeneticsGeneDemography

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Year: 2015
Type: article
Volume: 47
Issue: 5
Pages: 435-444
Citations: 798
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                                    Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, 
                                
                                    Hannes Helgason, 
                                
                                    Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2015). 
                            Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of the Icelandic population. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 47
                            (5)
                            , 435-444.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3247
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.3247