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Reconsidering Race in the Genetic Era

... different. Research that directly compares the human  genome  of individuals from different racial groups indicates that there is ... how to define these groupings. When looking at the genome of the modern human, geneticists are finding that the typical ... / more

Where are the genes for psychological traits?

... these. There are around 20,000 genes in the human genome , and we each inherit two copies of these – one from each parent. ... been supplanted by methods that interrogate the whole genome (such as genomewide association studies ). The design of these ... / more

From candidate genes to genome-wide association studies

... In this post, I will discuss more recent whole genome methods, such as genome -wide association studies, and what we have learned from these. ... / more

The missing heritability problem

... I described the transition from candidate gene studies to genome-wide association studies , and argued that the corresponding change in the methods used, focusing on the whole genome rather than on a handful of genes of presumed biological relevance, ... / more