Open AccessRace and genetics versus ‘race’ in genetics
Author(s) -
THERESA M. DUELLO,
Shawna Rivedal,
Colton Wickland,
Annika Weller
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
evolution medicine and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 2050-6201
DOI - 10.1093/emph/eoab018
Subject(s) - race (biology) , population , human genetic variation , biology , genetics , psychology , evolutionary biology , demography , human genome , sociology , genome , gene , botany
Lay Summary A review of the medical literature since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 revealed that 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 human genetic variation.
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