RT Book, Section
A1 Jorde, Lynn B.
A2 Murray, Michael F.
A2 Babyatsky, Mark W.
A2 Giovanni, Monica A.
A2 Alkuraya, Fowzan S.
A2 Stewart, Douglas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102707298
T1 Race, Ancestry, and Genomics
T2 Clinical Genomics: Practical Applications in Adult Patient Care
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071622448
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102707298
RD 2024/04/19
AB Race,  ethnicity,  and  ancestry  are  often  used  in  medicine  and  genetics,  but  their  usefulness  remains  controversial.  In  this  brief  review,  recent  genetic  findings  relevant  to  these  concepts  are  summarized.  Individual  ancestry  is  a  more  useful  descriptor  of  one’s  genetic  constitution  than  are  race  or  ethnicity,  and  ancestry  can  now  be  estimated  genetically.  In  some  cases,  direct  assessment  of  genetic  variation  in  individual  patients  can  offer  more  accurate  diagnosis  and  treatment  than  self-reported  race,  ethnicity,  or  ancestry.