@article{fa8e9cfe82354e66ab1c733db3f0135f,
title = "Call for a worldwide survey of human genetic diversity: A vanishing opportunity for the Human Genome Project",
author = "Cavalli-Sforza, {L. L.} and Wilson, {A. C.} and Cantor, {C. R.} and Cook-Deegan, {R. M.} and King, {M. C.}",
note = "Funding Information: from diverse populations in order to understand human variation. We urge national funding agencies to gaze favorably on proposals to collect and preserve DNA samples from human populations worldwide. In the United States, the relevant agencies include the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Center for Human Genome Research, the National Science Foundation, and the genome program at the Department of Energy. Medical and biological research funding agencies in other countries can also assist in the effort, We urge that international organizations such as UNESCO, WHO, and UNIDO consider supporting such efforts and that the Human Genome Organization (HUGO) assist in promoting and coordinating a world-wide program. HUGO has asked us to prepare a proposal for a worldwide genetic survey. We hope colleagues interested in joining the effort will be in touch with us. The potential medical gains from the Human Genome Project are immense, and the benefits these will bring are enormous. The potential intellectual benefits of understanding human diversity and its origins are equally striking. By an intense scrutiny of human diversity, we will make enormous leaps in our grasp of human origins, evolution, prehistory, and potential.",
year = "1991",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/0888-7543(91)90169-F",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "490--491",
journal = "Genomics",
issn = "0888-7543",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "2",
}