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Going home: the challenges and rewards of genetics research in Mexico

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The decision to move back home was very appealing but still took substantial thought.

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  1. Laboratorio Internacional de Investigación sobre el Genoma Humano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Santiago de Querétaro, México

    Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza

  2. Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

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Robles-Espinoza, C.D. Going home: the challenges and rewards of genetics research in Mexico. Nat Genet 53, 937–939 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00876-1

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