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The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing

Bolnick, Deborah A., Fullwiley, Duana, Duster, Troy, Cooper, Richard S., Fujimura, Joan H., Kahn, Jonathan, Kaufman, Jay S., Marks, Jonathan, Morning, Ann, Nelson, Alondra, Ossorio, Pilar, Reardon, Jenny, Reverby, Susan M., TallBear, Kimberly·2007·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1150098
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Abstract

Commercially available tests of genetic ancestry have significant scientific limitations, but are serious matters for many test-takers.

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  • Even as genomics researchers warn not to interpret genetic ancestry as race or ethnicity, this has not prevented people from interpreting them as such.

    “Even as genomics researchers warn not to interpret genetic ancestry as race or ethnicity [15, 122], this has not prevented people (e.g. customers of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies) from interpreting them as such [98].”

    From Towards a critical race methodology in algorithmic fairness (2020) · cites this paper as [15]

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Authors
Bolnick, D. A., Fullwiley, D., Duster, T., Cooper, R. S., Fujimura, J. H., Kahn, J., Kaufman, J. S., Marks, J., Morning, A., Nelson, A., Ossorio, P., Reardon, J., Reverby, S. M., & TallBear, K.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • New York University (US)
  • Loyola University Chicago (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Hamline University (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
  • Wellesley College (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Bolnick, Deborah A.
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Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2007-10-19
Volume
318
Issue
5849
Pages
399-400
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1150098
OpenAlex
W1862309954
Cited by
272
References
1
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Civil War Book Review (submittedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Keywords
genetic ancestry testing, commercial genetic testing, consumer genetic testing
MeSH terms
Ethnicity, Genetic Markers, Genetics, Medical, Genetics, Population, Haplotypes, Humans, Pedigree, Databases, Genetic, Racial Groups

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