Science Café: How Important Is Genetics? | Berkeley

While geneticists have been revealing a wealth of data on the origins of humans, they have ignored popular misconceptions regarding the significance of this information for everyday life.

Dr. William Klitz is a Visiting Scholar in the School of Public Health with a Ph.D. in Population Biology from the University of Kansas will bring this powerful and sometimes unnerving new information to heel by carefully assessing the current state of affairs. Revelatory topics include:

• how much individuals differ and how much groups differ genetically,
• human natural selection in action, a genetic history of the Jewish diaspora,
• how much does genetics determine human health and behavior,
• and finally we answer “Can genetics be the last word?“

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Cost: FREE
Categories: East Bay, Geek Event, Lectures & Workshops Submitted by Rena Ragimova