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Navigating genomics and education: insights, opportunities and challenges

Emma L. Meaburn

BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London), 2025

Abstract

Approach Approach Key scientific insights Key scientific insights Social and practical challenges Social and practical challenges Key messages Key messages 2.1 A note on ethical vigilance 2.1 A note on ethical vigilance 2.2 DNA, genes and genomes 2.2 DNA, genes and genomes 2.3 Genetic and genomic variation 2.3 Genetic and genomic variation 2.4 Estimating the heritability of complex phenotypes 2.4 Estimating the heritability of complex phenotypes 2.5 Genome-wide association studies 2.5 Genome-wide association studies 2.6 Genetic ancestry and lack of genomic diversity 2.6 Genetic ancestry and lack of genomic diversity 2.7 Beyond genetic associations 2.7 Beyond genetic associations 2.8 Distinguishing correlation from causation 2.8 Distinguishing correlation from causation 2.9 Understanding neurobiology: from genetic variants, to 2.9 Understanding neurobiology: from genetic variants, to genes, to biology genes, to biology 2.10 Polygenic indices for genomic prediction 2.10 Polygenic indices for genomic prediction 8 Comfort N (2018) Genetic determinism rides again Nature 561(7724): 461-63.9 Kevles DJ (1995) In the name of eugenics: genetics and the uses of human heredity (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press).10 Meyer MN, Appelbaum PS, Benjamin DJ, et al (2023) Wrestling with social and behavioral genomics: risks, potential benefits, and ethical responsibility Hastings Centre Report 53(1): S2-49.11 Ibid: Meyer et al consider the broader risks of socio-behavioural genomic…

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