The science and business of genetic ancestry testing

Authors

Deborah A. Bolnick, The University of Texas at Austin
Duana Fullwiley, Harvard University
Troy Duster, New York University
Richard S. Cooper, Stritch School of Medicine
Joan H. Fujimura, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jonathan Kahn, Hamline University
Jay S. Kaufman, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Jonathan Marks, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ann Morning, New York University
Alondra Nelson, Yale University
Pilar Ossorio, University of Wisconsin Law School
Jenny Reardon, University of California, Santa Cruz
Susan M. Reverby, Wellesley College
Kimberly TallBear, Arizona State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-19-2007

Abstract

Commercially available tests of genetic ancestry have significant scientific limitations, but are serious matters for many test-takers.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Science

First Page

399

Last Page

400

Recommended Citation

Bolnick, D., Fullwiley, D., Duster, T., Cooper, R., Fujimura, J., Kahn, J., Kaufman, J., Marks, J., Morning, A., Nelson, A., Ossorio, P., Reardon, J., Reverby, S., & TallBear, K. (2007). The science and business of genetic ancestry testing. Science, 318 (5849), 399-400. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150098