Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society

Science. 2022 Apr 15;376(6590):250-252. doi: 10.1126/science.abm7530. Epub 2022 Apr 14.

Authors

Anna C F Lewis¹, Santiago J Molina¹, Paul S Appelbaum¹, Bege Dauda¹, Anna Di Rienzo¹, Agustin Fuentes¹, Stephanie M Fullerton¹, Nanibaa' A Garrison¹, Nayanika Ghosh¹, Evelynn M Hammonds¹, David S Jones¹, Eimear E Kenny¹, Peter Kraft¹, Sandra S-J Lee¹, Madelyn Mauro¹, John Novembre¹, Aaron Panofsky¹, Mashaal Sohail¹, Benjamin M Neale¹, Danielle S Allen¹

Affiliation

¹ Author affiliations are available in the supplementary materials.

Abstract

We must embrace a multidimensional, continuous view of ancestry and move away from continental ancestry categories.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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