Spitting for science: danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study

Georgios Athanasiadis; Frank G. Jørgensen; Jade Yu Cheng; Peter C. Kjærgaard; Mikkel H. Schierup; Thomas Mailund

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161822

Spitting for science: danish high school students commit to a large-scale self-reported genetic study

Georgios Athanasiadis, Frank G. Jørgensen, Jade Yu Cheng, Peter C. Kjærgaard, Mikkel H. Schierup, Thomas Mailund

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Abstract

Scientific outreach delivers science to the people. But it can also deliver people to the science. In this work, we report our experience from a large-scale public engagement project promoting genomic literacy among Danish high school students with the additional benefit of collecting data for studying the genetic makeup of the Danish population. Not only did we confirm that students have a great interest in their genetic past, but we were also gratified to see that, with the right motivation, adolescents can provide high-quality data for genetic studies.

Original language	English
Article number	e0161822
Journal	P L o S One
Volume	11
Issue number	8
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1932-6203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161822
Publication status	Published - 2016

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