Mexican flu virus genetics has been much in news lately; how about a look at Mexican human genetics for a change? A new article from researchers at Mexico’s National Institute for Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN) examines genetic diversity across the nation, and argues that, in order to conduct studies of common genetic diseases efficiently, a Mexico-specific genetic reference database should be [...]

Tags: admixture, GWAS, haplotype, HapMap, Mestizo, Mexico, PNAS