23andMe’s Populations Collaborations
Expanding a series of initiatives to improve diversity in genomic research, 23andMe is launching what we’re calling the Populations Collaborations Program, partnering with researchers working across the globe to genotype people in communities who are underrepresented in genetic research.
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23andMe’s African Ancestry Project
The human story begins in Africa, but for many African Americans searching for their ancestral roots, finding where their family story begins on that great continent is nearly impossible, because...
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Is Autoimmunity a Result of Genetic Adaptation to Pathogens?
Pinworms–small worms that infect the intestines–are the most common worm infection in the United States. Although all people are over 99.9% genetically identical, the small amount of diversity that does...
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New Study on Genetics of Ethnic Groups Reveals We May Not Be So Different After All
There are many examples around the world of two distinct ethnic groups living side by side. Sometimes these groups co-exist peacefully. Other times they do not. Often two groups’ differences...
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Scientists Publish Largest-Ever Study on the Genetics of Modern Africans
When scientific research is published, the authors often confess that they wish they’d collected more data. Critical reviews of research studies often say the same thing. Indeed, if there’s anything...
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The World in a Pipette: Two Studies Look at Human DNA Diversity
The genome of any two humans are almost identical.On average, for every 1,000 DNA bases about 999 of them are exactly the same between you and any other person on...
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