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White? Black? A Murky Distinction Grows Still Murkier
New York Slimes ^ | 12/24/2014 | Carl Zimmer

Posted on 10/15/2018 11:41:49 AM PDT by grayboots

SNIP The scientists also have been developing software that learns to recognize the origins of the short segments of DNA that make up our genomes. Recently they used their program to calculate what percentage of each subject’s genomes was inherited from European, African or Native American forebears.

This year we saw that we were in a great position to do the analysis,” said Joanna L. Mountain, senior director of research at 23andMe.

On average, the scientists found, people who identified as African-American had genes that were only 73.2 percent African. European genes accounted for 24 percent of their DNA, while .8 percent came from Native Americans.

Latinos, on the other hand, had genes that were on average 65.1 percent European, 18 percent Native American, and 6.2 percent African. The researchers found that European-Americans had genomes that were on average 98.6 percent European, .19 percent African, and .18 Native American.

These broad estimates masked wide variation among individuals. Based on their sample, the resarchers estimated that over six million European-Americans have some African ancestry. As many as five million have genomes that are at least 1 percent Native American in origin. One in five African-Americans, too, has Native American roots.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: grayboots

The slime cannot identify blacks from whites... except for when it’s time to hand out preferential treatment.


21 posted on 10/15/2018 2:16:09 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Persevero

That’s right, we are all identical. That’s why we’re all Einsteins.


22 posted on 10/15/2018 2:17:59 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: grayboots

“...identified as African-American had genes that were only 73.2 percent African...”
“...Latinos, ... 65.1 percent European...”
“...European-Americans ... 98.6 percent European...”

Does this mean that white people don’t lie? Doesn’t explain the Clintons.


23 posted on 10/15/2018 2:22:38 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: grayboots

White, black, chimpanzees - don’t we share something like 98% of our genes with chimps?

According to the Slimes that makes us almost indistinguishable from chimps, and therefore chimps are just as creative, productive, intelligent as we are.


24 posted on 10/15/2018 2:25:44 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Persevero

Amen... maybe some of us have a lil less melanin, its a chemical, nothing more. If skin color makes you a different race, doesn’t eye color? Hair color? Toenail shape?


25 posted on 10/15/2018 3:28:11 PM PDT by momincombatboots (How many vetoed spending dollars with chuck n Nancy without wall funding?)
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To: Godebert
Left-wing? Sure.

But "extremist"?

26 posted on 10/15/2018 4:10:44 PM PDT by x
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To: aquila48

No we are all individuals. There is genetic diversity within us as there is in all species. But we are one people.

No doubt in your personal family you have smarter and dumber, darker and lighter, taller and shorter. But you are still one family.


27 posted on 10/15/2018 4:11:02 PM PDT by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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To: x
Left-wing? Sure. But "extremist"?

All "leftists" are extremists.

And mentally ill..

28 posted on 10/15/2018 6:09:03 PM PDT by Godebert
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