title: Whitey crumbles.
abstract: Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, cultural notions that incorrectly aggrandize genetic differences between ethnicities persist. New work on the genetic makeup of Europeans now shows even more definitively how false those notions are.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140, USA. Electronic address: klitz@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klitz
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D013472:Sunlight; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
keywords: European ancestry; genetic variation; racism