*ELSIcon2022 On-Demand Paper: Genetic Options and Constraints: How Genetic Ancestry Tests Change Ethnic Identities from ancestry test results Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 12 min 24 sec ✓ Published: 05-Nov-2022
Description: An estimated 15% of all U.S. adults have taken genetic ancestry tests (GATs). Recent studies have found that many test-takers change their ethnic and racial identities based on the test results, viewing them through social lenses rather than always deferring to genetic information. Yet these studies have several limitations; most suffer from self-selection bias and fail to consider the counterfactual or account for the ancestry percentages reported in admixture tests. Using the first randomized
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