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Two Native American geneticists interpret Elizabeth Warren's DNA test

  • Written by Krystal Tsosie, Ph.D. Student in Genomics and Health Disparities, Vanderbilt University

Dr. Carlos Bustamante, a prominent population geneticist, recently concluded that Senator Elizabeth Warren had “a Native American ancestor.” While geneticists agree on the validity of the test, which is based on established statistical models of DNA inheritance, we as two Native American geneticists find the interpretation to be problem...

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