Race and genetics

Opinion | How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of 'Race'

A consensus was established that among human populations there are no differences large enough to support the concept of “biological race.”

Race in a Genetic World | Harvard Magazine

Fullwiley's own ethnographic research among genetic scientists suggests that much of current medical genetics may reinforce ideas of racial difference.

Use of Race Ethnicity and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in ...

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry labels are often used in genomics and genetics research to describe human genetic differences, which is misleading and inaccurate.

JT_reflection2 | History of Race and Genetics - UChicago Voices

In this post, I consider how and why racialized thinking in genetics keeps resurrecting itself, examine some ways in which it distorts and undermines the ...

Genetic differences among ethnic groups | BMC Genomics | Full Text

... genes revealed the genetic bases of skin and eye color ... Commentary: Race, genetics, and disease— in search of a middle ground.

Genetic ancestry in precision medicine is reshaping the race debate

Racial Categorization, not Genetic Ancestry. There is no genetic homogeneity in social “race” groups. However, some genetic markers of ancestry ...

Are You There, Race? It's Me, DNA | Office for Science and Society

As for whether race can be found in our genes, the answer is no. Biological ancestry, however (which is distinct from race), is real. Where our ...

Race, genetics and pseudoscience: an explainer - Ewan's Blog

The aim of this article is to provide an accessible guide for scientists, journalists, and the general public for understanding, criticising and pushing back ...

Taking race out of human genetics - Science

Taking race out of human genetics, engaging a century-long debate about the role of race in science.

People Are Not Peas—Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul

As for race, researchers have shown conclusively that historical racial categories are not based in any inherent aspect of our biology. But that ...

'All of Us' genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of ...

Debate over figure connecting genes, race and ethnicity reignites concerns among geneticists about how to represent human diversity.

Race and Genetics in America | Manifold Scholarship

About the Series. Over the course of the 2020–21 academic year, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown, in partnership with the ...

Misconceptions of Race, Ancestry, and Genetics - AMA Ed Hub

Misconceptions about race, ethnicity, and genetics have a long and complicated history in medical practice. The mis-categorization of ...

Rethinking the Use of Race and Other Labels in Genetics Research

Charmaine Royal's work on a national committee reviewing the use of population descriptors in genetics and genomics research will help guide researchers.

Report: Change use of race, ethnicity in genetics research | STAT

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued a report Tuesday calling for a transformation in how such descriptors are used.

Misunderstanding of race as biology has deep negative biological ...

Because racial groups are not genetically discrete, when the term 'race' is discussed, we are referring to the self-identified races (socio- ...

Unequal by nature: a geneticist's perspective on human differences

The fact that racial differences exist does not, of course, explain their origin. The cause of the observed differences may be genetic. But it may also be ...

Why race is not based in genetics – with Daniel Fairbanks - YouTube

Dr Daniel Fairbanks is the Dean of Science and a Professor of Biology at Utah Valley University. He specialises in genetic variation in ...

Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking

As their research is twisted to fuel racist claims, many geneticists are weighing the societal risks of their work.

What Happens When Geneticists Talk Sloppily About Race

Race is a concept defined by society, not by genes. It's true that people around the world differ genetically due to their ancestry, and ...