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Bayes’ rule, medical genetics and the wider world. A review of: the theory that would not die. How Bayes’ rule cracked the Enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, and emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy: by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

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Harper, P.S. Bayes’ rule, medical genetics and the wider world. A review of: the theory that would not die. How Bayes’ rule cracked the Enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, and emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy: by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne. Hum Genet 132, 1433–1435 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-013-1371-7

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