Journal article
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. Taking race out of human genetics
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 351(6273), pp 564-565
05 Feb 2016
PMID: 26912690
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Abstract
In the wake of the sequencing of the human genome in the early 2000s, genome pioneers and social scientists alike called for an end to the use of race as a variable in genetic research (1, 2). Unfortunately, by some measures, the use of race as a biological category has increased in the postgenomic age (3). Although inconsistent definition and use has been a chief problem with the race concept, it has historically been used as a taxonomic categorization based on common hereditary traits (such as skin color) to elucidate the relationship between our ancestry and our genes. We believe the use of biological concepts of race in human genetic research—so disputed and so mired in confusion—is problematic at best and harmful at worst. It is time for biologists to find a better way.
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- Title
- SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. Taking race out of human genetics
- Creators
- Michael Yudell - Drexel University, Center for Science, Technology, and SocietyDorothy Roberts - University of PennsylvaniaRob DeSalle - American Museum of Natural HistorySarah Tishkoff - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 351(6273), pp 564-565
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Center for Science, Technology, and Society
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000369291600024
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84957581609
- Other Identifier
- 991021863002104721
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- Genetics & Heredity