Qualitative study of comprehension of heritability in genomics studies among the Yoruba in Nigeria.

Rasheed O TaiwoJohn IpadeolaTemilola YusufFaith FagbohunluGbemisola JenfaSally N AdebamowoClement A Adebamowonull null

Published in: BMC medical ethics (2020)

Indigenous Yoruba populations have words and linguistic concepts that describe the heritability of characters, traits and diseases which can be appropriated to improve comprehension and adequacy of informed consent in genomics research. Our methods are openly available and can be used by genomic researchers in other African communities.

Keyphrases

single cell
genome wide
copy number
gene expression
genetic diversity