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Different differences: the use of 'genetic ancestry' versus race in biomedical human genetic research.

Social studies of science - 1 Feb 2011

Fujimura Joan H, Rajagopalan Ramya

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This article presents findings from our ethnographic research on biomedical scientists' studies of human genetic variation and common complex disease. We examine the socio-material work involved in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and discuss whether, how, and when notions of race and ethnicity are or are not used. We analyze how researchers produce simultaneously different kinds of populations and...

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PMID: 21553638
DOI: 10.1177/0306312710379170
PMCID: PMC3124377

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