When scientists opened up the human genome, they expected to find the genetic components of common traits and diseases. But they were nowhere to be seen. Brendan Maher shines a light on six places where the missing loot could be stashed away.
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Maher, B. Personal genomes: The case of the missing heritability. Nature 456, 18–21 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456018a
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