Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: Prospective users' attitudes toward information about ancestry and biological relationships.

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is marketed as a tool to uncover ancestry and kin. Recent studies of actual and potential users have demonstrated that individuals' responses to the use of these tests for these purposes are complex, with privacy, disruptive consequences, potential for misuse,...

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Main Authors: James W Hazel, Catherine Hammack-Aviran, Kathleen M Brelsford, Bradley A Malin, Laura M Beskow, Ellen Wright Clayton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260340