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Personal genomes, participatory genomics and the anonymity-privacy conundrum

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The author acknowledges members of the Pan Asian Population Genomics Initiative (PAPGI) and Open Personal Genomics (OpenPGx) consortium for discussions and Dr Abhay Sharma and Dr Sridhar Sivasubbu for critical comments. Funding from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India through grant BSC0122 (CARDIOMED) is acknowledged.

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Scaria V. 2014 Personal genomes, participatory genomics and the anonymity-privacy conundrum. J. Genet. 93, xx–xx

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SCARIA, V. Personal genomes, participatory genomics and the anonymity-privacy conundrum. J Genet 93, 917–920 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0451-3

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