The Myth of Ethnicity: Understanding the Relationship Between Genotype, Phenotype, and Ethnotype

• In Event: Theoretical Questions Surrounding Ethnicity and Diversity

Brief Overview

If ethnicity is defined by descent, DNA analysis should allow us to recover the genetic correlates of ethnic identities. In fact, a closer look at the science of both ethnicity and genetics demonstrates that this is not the case.

Author

• Caleb Schmotter, George Washington University