Researchers at UP Natural Science Research Institute are untangling the nation’s diverse genetic heritage to establish a local genome databank representing the various regions and ethnicities. | krixiasINQ /PDI
It is for this purpose that researchers at UP Natural Science Research Institute are untangling the nation’s diverse genetic heritage to establish a local genome databank representing the various regions and ethnicities.To do that, the researchers need to sample the DNA of 2,870 adults from those groups, but they have to be picky with their subjects.
GENE DETECTIVES Frederick Delfin leads a team of researchers at the University of the Philippines Natural Science Research Institute in attempting to decode the Filipino genome, identifying the genetic markers that determine unique traits across regions and ethnicities in the country.
Finding eligible samples from homogeneous ethnic groups was the easy part since they tend to self-identify and self-organize. Some groups like the Mamanwa of northern Mindanao identify themselves as such only if three of their grandparents from both sides are also Mamanwa.
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