This review explores the limitations of self-reported race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry in
biomedical research. Various terminologies are used to classify human differences in …

Sherlock Holmes said “it has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely
the most important”, but never imagined that such a little thing, the DNA molecule, could …

Long‐distance seed dispersal influences many key aspects of the biology of plants,
including spread of invasive species, metapopulation dynamics, and diversity and dynamics …

Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking
book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies …

Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

This work was undertaken to ascertain to what degree the physical appearance of a
Brazilian individual was predictive of genomic African ancestry. Using a panel of 10 …

The completion of the first draft of the Human Genome Map in 2000 was widely heralded as
the promise and future of genetics‐based medicines and therapies–so much so that pundits …

Summary In 10,844 parent/child allelic transfers at nine short-tandem-repeat (STR) loci, 23
isolated STR mismatches were observed. The parenthood in each of these cases was highly …

Inference of individual ancestry is useful in various applications, such as admixture mapping
and structured-association mapping. Using information-theoretic principles, we introduce a …

The genome of an admixed individual represents a mixture of alleles from different
ancestries. In the United States, the two largest minority groups, African‐Americans and …