Which statements from the “Genetic research has a white bias, and it may be hurting everyone’s health” article represent reasons that

directly support the author's claim? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
"The lack of genetic diversity is “a social
injustice, and a missed scientific
opportunity,” said Esteban Burchard, who is
a physician and epidemiologist at the
University of California, San Francisco, and
was not involved in the new paper."
"And health treatments that don’t take the
variations of genetically diverse populations
into account can cause problems."
"'If we don’t include ethnically diverse
populations, we are potentially going to be
exacerbating health inequalities,' said Sarah
Tishkoff, study coauthor and a human
geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania."
"Modern humans originated on the continent
of Africa more than 300,000 years ago, and
subsequent generations migrated across the
land, with groups intermarrying or splitting
apart."
"Any two humans in the world share about
99.9 percent of their DNA with one another. .
."

1 answer

The two statements that directly support the author's claim about the white bias in genetic research and its impact on health are:

  1. "And health treatments that don’t take the variations of genetically diverse populations into account can cause problems."
  2. "'If we don’t include ethnically diverse populations, we are potentially going to be exacerbating health inequalities,' said Sarah Tishkoff, study coauthor and a human geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania."