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Insights into the nature and consequences of our variable genome
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG), University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK E-mail: julian@well.ox.ac.uk
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While it is true that recent advances in human genetics research have radically advanced our understanding of the nature and consequences of human genetic diversity, the extent of the challenges remaining to uncover the many secrets still closely guarded within our variable genomes has also become clear. However, thanks to pioneering research involving international collaborative efforts such as the Human Genome Project [1] and a series of technological breakthroughs, we now have both a