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Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo is an associate investigator and deputy director of NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… risk factors for these disorders in populations of African ancestry (African Americans and Sub Saharan Africans). … loci, thereby confirming the utility of studying African ancestry populations in such research initiatives. This … disorders, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, African ancestry … Adebowale Adeyemo, Center for Research on Genomics …
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In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… ancestral populations. “By mainly focusing on European-ancestry populations, we may have missed genomic variants … variants that are important for people of non-European ancestry, this study also demonstrates how including people … About 1.32 million of those studies were from European ancestry, and the remaining 350,000 were non-European. The …
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North Asians may be more closely related to Eastern and Northern Europeans than previously thought.
… studies identified as much as 10.9 percent European ancestry in 10 selected Mongolians currently included in the … populations contained as much as 12 percent Mongolian ancestry. The principal component statistical method was … Each dot represents an individual (color coded by ancestry). More highly related dots cluster closer together. …
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NIH leaders are calling for the scientific community to develop a consensus on the appropriate use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research.
… as social and cultural identity, family background and ancestry derived from genomic analyses," said Dr. Green. … DNA sequencing, health disparities, race and ethnicity, ancestry … NIH leaders are calling for the scientific …
Educational Resources
A family history is a record of medical information about an individual and their biological family.
… family. … Family Health History, Genetic Disorders, Ancestry, Healthcare, Genealogy … A family history, as …
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A first degree relative is a family member who shares about 50 percent of their genes with a particular individual in a family.
… in a family. … Family Health History, Genetic Disorders, Ancestry, Healthcare, Genealogy, Genes … A first-degree …
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My Family Health Portrait is a downloadable tool to complete a family health history on a personal computer.
… partners. … family health history, genetic testing, ancestry, CDC , Surgeon General … My Family Health Portrait …
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Dominant refers to the relationship between two versions of a gene.
… Health History, Genetics, Genetic Variation, Mutation, Ancestry … Dominant refers to the relationship between two …
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Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… genes (the genome). … Genetics, Genomics, Inheritance, Ancestry, Genetic Disease, Rare Disease, Cloning, Gene …
About Genomics
A group of researchers, led by the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, has released a high-quality collection of human genome reference sequences, which together comprise a human “pangenome” reference. Encompassing genome sequences from 47 people of diverse ancestries (with the goal of increasing that number to 350 by mid-2024), the human pangenome reference captures significantly more population diversity than the previous reference sequence.