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    Default Re: Racism and dogs...

    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    [...] within group variation in genetic difference equals or exceeds between group variance thus strongly suggesting that such labels as "race" are useless beyond a few basic shared physical characteristics on a genetic level.
    Such formulations seem rather deceitful. If the vast majority of the human genome is invariant between populations, then the average difference between populations will be tiny, while the differences within populations can be large, even if different populations have distinct signatures (drowned out in the average by the overwhelming amount of similarities).

    You only need to change a single nucleotide (e.g. an A to a T) in the human genome to get a big change in phenotype. Sickle-cell disease is one such example.

    Many single-nucleotide variations (SNPs) specific to certain populations are also known, as one would expect. And apparently:

    Despite their potential significance, population-specific SNPs have not been studied extensively.
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