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genetic markers  

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  • Genetic epidemiology aims to identify genetic variation related to risk for disease. Because it is currently not feasible to fully sequence the genomes of every person in a sample, the field has traditionally relied on genetic markers with known locations to act as surrogate information for the surrounding sequence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Genetic Markers]

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