title: The ethics of characterizing difference: guiding principles on using racial categories in human genetics.
abstract: We are a multidisciplinary group of Stanford faculty who propose ten principles to guide the use of racial and ethnic categories when characterizing group differences in research into human genetic variation.
authors.forename: Sandra Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mountain
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: Russ
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camarillo
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavalli-Sforza
authors.forename: Mildred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eberhardt
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Greely
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Hazel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Markus
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Satz
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snipp
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Underhill
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D036281:Genetic Research / Q000941:ethics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000941:ethics*; D015894:Genome, Human; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics*