tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171055406748618936.post5322230135650631926..comments2014-04-12T21:31:39.820-06:00Comments on Genetics Made Complicated: Is Race Genetic? Part IV: Teasing Apart Race, Populations and GeneticsK Lamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760239027683078840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171055406748618936.post-14707241972513720882012-06-21T16:18:43.231-06:002012-06-21T16:18:43.231-06:00"The problem, of course, is that the question..."The problem, of course, is that the question "Is race genetic?" isn't actually about finding out of people can genetically be split into populations defined by allele frequencies. It's about whether or not we can find a biological basis for concretely separating people into different groups which fit with the ways we've already decided to use to separate people."<br /><br />As per zoological standards we separated people into geographic races (Negroid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Australoid, etc.). To ask: "Are races genetic?" is to ask: "Do the classically delineated human geographic races have a genetic basis? Presumable this means: "Do they have a genetic basis comparable to that of non-human races?" You seem to have answered the question in the affirmative but then you say:<br /><br />"Race may correlate with genetic population, but a genetic population is not a race. Race transcends the biological, involving culture, language, upbringing, place of origin, and a host of other factors."<br /><br />But this is not the race that's being discussed. The race that's being discussed is geographic race.John Fuersthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608519913410960562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171055406748618936.post-6313706246132345312011-07-21T11:28:42.204-06:002011-07-21T11:28:42.204-06:00I appreciated the clear and concrete way you prese...I appreciated the clear and concrete way you presented the issues in a sequence of four unfolding questions. I think we need to extend this in light of Li et al. 2008 and the general failure of GWA studies to identify major genes of biomedical significance.<br />If you email me at peter.taylor@umb.edu, perhaps we can arrange a time to talk.<br />Thanks.<br /><br />Ref: Li, J. et al. (2008) Worldwide Human Relationships Inferred from Genome-Wide Patterns of Variation, Science 319: 1100-1104Peter Taylorhttp://www.faculty.umb.edu/pjtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171055406748618936.post-27286971206169756852009-12-29T20:44:52.801-07:002009-12-29T20:44:52.801-07:00A good explanation of why genetic populations are ...A good explanation of why genetic populations are difficult or impossible to corelate to the common conception of race.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794700219316543166noreply@blogger.com