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Integrating genomic data and social science: Challenges and opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2016

Jeremy Freese
Jeremy Freese*
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Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208. jfreese@northwestern.edu
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Why should social scientists be interested in using molecular genetic data? Here are five reasons:

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NSF Workshop Report
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , Fall 2011 , pp. 88 - 92
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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