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Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research A New Framework for an Evolving Field (2023) / Chapter Skim
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SECTION I: PAST AND CURRENT USE OF POPULATION DESCRIPTORS IN GENETICS AND GENOMICS RESEARCH
Pages 17-20

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... Of particular concern is the long-standing and continued use of race, and more recently ethnicity, as this shorthand. Race is a sociopolitically constructed designation, is a misleading and harmful surrogate for genetically based population differences, and has a long history of being incorrectly identified as the major genetic reason for phenotypic differences between groups.
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