- New genetics research reveals how Africans are protected from diseases and viruses https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2859-7?fbclid=iwar0so8sya4yfdzknziqa43gh4zxzuyhvo2-0tp87ppthvo4cei7fvcbdq3a 8 comments science
- Africa is regarded as the cradle of modern humans and African genomes contain more genetic variation than any other continent. Whole-genome sequencing of 426 individuals—comprising 50 ethnolinguistic groups, including previously unsampled populations—was performed to explore the genomic diversity. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2859-7 26 comments science
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- DNA databases are too white, so genetics doesn't help everyone. How do we fix that? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/genetics-race-dna-databases-reference-genome-too-white 1 comment
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