People’s avatars and DNA structure on world map. Current human reference genomes do not account for genetic diversity. RNA sequencing uncovered the extent of ancestry bias in transcriptomics.
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Sequencing diverse populations revealed over 41,000 transcripts missing in Eurocentric references, exposing ancestry bias that limits insights into global disease risk.

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