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- Neither race nor ethnicity is detectable in the human genome. Humans do have genetic variations, some of which were once associated with ancestry from different parts of the world. But those variations cannot be tracked to distinct biological categories.
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There is broad consensus across the biological and social sciences that race is a social construct, not an accurate representation of human genetic variation. [32] [33] [34] Humans are remarkably genetically similar, sharing approximately 99.6%-99.9% of their genetic code with one another. [35]
Jun 15, 2021 · Ethnicity—defined as belonging to a common group, often linked by race, nationality, religion, geographic area and/or language—is also not genetic. The terms race and not interchangeable. Self-identification—a gold standard only in the social sciences—cannot be used as a proxy for a genetic category.
- Theresa M Duello, Shawna Rivedal, Colton Wickland, Annika Weller
- 10.1093/emph/eoab018
- 2021
- Evol Med Public Health. 2021; 9(1): 232-245.
Feb 22, 2019 · Race and ethnicity don't show up at the genetic level, but the concept of race still forms the human experience. The four letters of the genetic code —A, C, G, and T—are projected onto Ryan...
Feb 27, 2019 · In fact, there is ample variation within races (Figure 1B). Ultimately, there is so much ambiguity between the races, and so much variation within them, that two people of European descent may be more genetically similar to an Asian person than they are to each other (Figure 2).
Oct 26, 2004 · Metrics. Abstract. New genetic data has enabled scientists to re-examine the relationship between human genetic variation and 'race'. We review the results of genetic analyses that show that...
- Lynn B Jorde, Stephen P Wooding
- 2004
Dec 10, 2022 · There is a flawed assumption that race and ethnicity can be used interchangeably in genetic and medical studies and are both markers of complex disease risk. The reality is that both race and ethnicity are sociopolitical terms, and neither term describes fixed biological or genetic characteristics of a population.
Self-identified race/ethnicity corresponds highly to genetic cluster categories according to Tang and colleagues (2005); of the 3,636 individuals studied, less than 1 percent exhibited differences between their self-identified race/ ethnicity and genetic cluster membership.
