Genetic Admixture and Population Substructure in Guanacaste Costa Rica

Zhaoming Wang; Allan Hildesheim; Sophia S. Wang; Rolando Herrero; Paula Gonzalez; Laurie Burdette; Amy Hutchinson; Gilles Thomas; Stephen J. Chanock; Kai Yu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013336

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Genetic Admixture and Population Substructure in Guanacaste Costa Rica

Zhaoming Wang,

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Core Genotyping Facility, SAIC Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute - Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Allan Hildesheim,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Sophia S. Wang,

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Etiology, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute and the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
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Rolando Herrero,

Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiologico Guanacaste, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Paula Gonzalez,

Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiologico Guanacaste, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Laurie Burdette,

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Core Genotyping Facility, SAIC Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute - Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Amy Hutchinson,

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Core Genotyping Facility, SAIC Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute - Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Gilles Thomas,

Affiliation Synergie-Lyon-Cancer, Universite Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Stephen J. Chanock,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Kai Yu

* E-mail: yuka@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Genetic Admixture and Population Substructure in Guanacaste Costa Rica

Zhaoming Wang,
Allan Hildesheim,
Sophia S. Wang,
Rolando Herrero,
Paula Gonzalez,
Laurie Burdette,
Amy Hutchinson,
Gilles Thomas,
Stephen J. Chanock,
Kai Yu

Published: October 13, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013336

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