Tag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  • We need treatments based on actual and not assumed genetic variation. That means assessing the patterns of diversity that reflect the distribution of human genetic variation across the globe. To this end, genetic ancestry should be understood as a continuum that it is not categorized in such a way that serves as a surrogate for…

  • The field rejects the “one size fits all” approach to understanding disease, aspiring to develop tailored therapies that optimize treatment efficacy. It’s a promising but fledgling field that faces numerous challenges, both scientific and practical.

  • Economic scarcity alters the perception of race Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published online before print on 2014-06-09 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404448111 Amy R. Krosch New York University David M. Amodio, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science New York University Significance Racial disparities on socioeconomic indices expand dramatically…

  • The Population Variance of the Proportion of Genetic Admixture in Human Intergroup Hybrids Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences December 1971 Volume 68, Number 12 pages 3168–3169 PMCID: PMC389614 T. Edward Reed, Professor of Zoology and Anthropology; Associate Professor of Paediatrics University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada For each individual in a human hybrid population…

  • How Social Status Shapes Race Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume 105, Number 50 (2008-12-16) pages 19628-19630 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805762105 Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Edited by Michael Hout, Professor of Sociology University of California, Berkeley We show that racial perceptions…

  • The multiple-race population of the United States: Issues and estimates Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2000-05-23 vol. 97 no. 11 pages 6230-6235 Joshua R. Goldstein Ann J. Morning, Assistant Professor of Sociology New York University This paper presents national estimates of the population likely to identify with more than one race in…