Recent successes in identifying loci involved in predisposition to type 2 diabetes have been driven by genome-wide association studies in populations of European descent. A new discovery, using samples of East Asian origin, of diabetes susceptibility variants mapping to the KCNQ1 gene highlights the importance of extending these studies to a wider range of populations.
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McCarthy, M. Casting a wider net for diabetes susceptibility genes. Nat Genet 40, 1039–1040 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0908-1039
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