Race and genetics

The consensus among scientists is that race is a social construct, and that using it as a proxy for genetic differences among populations is misleading.

Race and genetics versus 'race' in genetics: A systematic review of ...

Race, a social construct created to justify slavery, continues to be used as a genetic category, due to a lack of understanding of the continuous nature of ...

Race Is Real, But It's Not Genetic - Sapiens.org

Race Is Real, But It's Not Genetic. For over 300 years, socially defined notions of “race” have shaped human lives around the globe—but the ...

Genetic variation, classification and 'race' - Nature

We review the results of genetic analyses that show that human genetic variation is geographically structured, in accord with historical patterns of gene flow ...

Race - National Human Genome Research Institute

Race is a social construct used to group people. Race was constructed as a hierarchal human-grouping system, generating racial classifications.

How Science and Genetics are Reshaping the Race Debate of the ...

Mounting scientific evidence has shown that humans are fundamentally more similar than different from each other. Nonetheless, racism has persisted.

Can anyone explain why race is a social rather than genetic contruct?

Race is a human construct, no doubt about it, but so is species, genus, and every rank of taxonomy. I'm not saying that race is a rank in taxonomy.

Geneticists should rethink how they use race and ethnicity, panel ...

And ethnic labels such as Latino often reflect culture, not genetic ancestry, the report says. The committee suggests researchers should instead ...

What Science Says About Race and Genetics - Time

The reverse is the case. Exploration of the genome has shown that all humans, whatever their race, share the same set of genes. Each gene exists ...

Race Racism and Genetics | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

While race is not a genetically meaningful category, it can still impact biology through the enactment of racist policies and practices.

Genetic Influences - Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in ...

In broad terms, both genetic and environmental factors, particularly in interaction, play a role in racial and ethnic differences in health and disease. These ...

Race and genetics versus 'race' in genetics - Oxford Academic

Race, a social construct created to justify slavery, continues to be used as a genetic category, due to a lack of understanding of the continuous nature of ...

WHAT IS THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR RACE - ScienceDirect.com

In fact, there is no biological basis to race. It is a purely social construct fabricated by 16th and 17th-century scientists and perpetuated thereafter.

Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine — A Time for Reckoning ...

We believe that it is inappropriate to simply abandon the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and clinical practice.

Around the World in 50000 Years: The Genetics of Race

To fully understand race and genetics, we have to consider where we came from and how we got here. By: Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston

Researchers Need to Rethink and Justify How and Why Race ...

Race is a social concept, but it is often used in genomics and genetics research as a surrogate for describing human genetic differences, which ...

The quagmire of race, genetic ancestry, and health disparities - JCI

Genetic ancestry and underlying patterns of genetic diversity can only affect disparity of disease through the portion of the genome that ...

Race ≠ DNA - Learning for Justice

Biological race has been defined by combinations of physical features, geographic ancestry, frequencies of genes (alleles) and evolutionary lineages.

Episode 31: Race, Genetics, and a “Most Dangerous Myth”

Modern scientists have long agreed that race is a social construct, not a biological one. Genetic data do not show evidence for biological races ...

The social, economic, political, and genetic value of race and ...

In this opinion article, we argue that classification of race and ethnicity based on genetic information is not valid nor appropriate.