#GenomeWideAssociationScams #SeenOnReddit I discussed on Reddit briefly how someone could misuse genetic data for racist purposes.

Unfortunately, a similar process is all too common in most GWAS research: first selecting for variants that are more common in white Europeans (i.e. PCA exclusion + minor allele frequency filter), then digging through random noise to find associations with a trait of interest.

Result: a set of SNPs that links white Europeans to that trait.

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