Motivations of participants in the citizen science of microbiomics: data from the British Gut Project.

Lorenzo Del SavioBarbara PrainsackAlena M Buyx

Published in: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (2017)

The desire to take part in research was reported as a key motivation for participation in the British Gut Project (BGP). Such prosocial motivations can be mobilized for the establishment of large data sets for research.Genet Med advance online publication 26 January 2017.

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