Glossary

This page is a list of common HBD definitions and acronyms

B

BWIG

Black White IQ Gap, the difference in the median IQs of white and black populations

G

GSS

The General Social Study, a national social survey on the demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal trends of adults in the United States

GWAS

Genome-wide Association Study, the study of a sample population's genomes to identify the genetic variants associated with a trait or disease.

M

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

ML

Mutational Load, the build up of deleterious mutations in a population not removed by natural selection.

R

Race

A categorization of humans based on phenotype or ancestry, often corroborated with genetic clustering.

S

Sex

In humans, the trait responsible for the divergence of the species into male or female gamete producers.

SNP

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, the occurrence of a swapped nucleotide in a single point of the genome in at least 1% of the population

SNV

Single Nucleotide Variant, the occurrence of a swapped nucleotide in a single point of the genome in < 1% of the population