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Running Head: DETERMINING RACE VIA GENETICS

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In the conceptual understanding of biological qualities, distinctions have been made

concerning the difference between racialized and genetically inherited traits. The differences can

be determined based on biological factors that are used to pass coded information to offspring

essentially. Genetically inherited traits are those passed from parent to offspring via the

reproductive process, which helps to determine coded DNA that is unique in nature. As a result,

a person can possess traits that are passed from parent to child. These include physical features

such as facial symmetry, height, and even certain disabilities (Chou, 2017). On the other hand,

racialized traits are those associated with a particular group of people that are distinctively used

to identify them. The similarities that the group of people have can be traced back to generational

relations, which are used to determine the family from which a person originates. It should be

noted that extensive research into the application seeks to evaluate the influence of other

determinants such as differential survival, which is largely affected by environmental factors as

well as the probability of mutation and the existence of gene variation.

Despite the relatively natural characteristics that are shared by certain persons that infer a

racial identity, certain assumptions are made concerning people who have been identified to be

of a particular race. One major assumption that people of the same race group will show similar

characteristics regardless of environmental factors (Council, 2004). As such, there is an

inclination by society to determine background based on the racialized traits. The second

assumption is that racialized traits can form the basis for determining interbehavioral

characteristics, an aspect that caused debate in variant societies due to it being associated with

segregation and marginalization of communities.

Several considerations have been put into determining how the aspect of race plays into

genetics, and one biological explanation that has been put across is the aspect of genetic distance,

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1 Running Head: DETERMINING RACE VIA GENETICS Title Institution Affiliation Course Name of student 2 Running Head: DETERMINING RACE VIA GENETICS In the conceptual understanding of biological qualities, distinctions have been made concerning the difference between racialized and genetically inherited traits. The differences can be determined based on biological factors that are used to pass coded information to offspring essentially. Genetically inherited traits are those passed from parent to offspring via the reproductive process, which helps to determine coded DNA that is unique in nature. As a result, a person can possess traits that are passed from parent to child. These include physical features such as facial symmetry, height, and even certain disabilities (Chou, 2017). On the other hand, racialized traits are those associated with a particular group of people that are distinctively used to identify them. The similarities that the group of people have can be traced back to generational relations, which are used to determine the family from which a person originates. It should be noted that extensive research into the application seeks to evaluate the influence of other ...
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