The Forgotten Father of Epigenetics

摘要

Despite the strides that have been made in recent decades to increase minorities' involvement in science, African Americans are still significantly under-represented in scientific disciplines. A 2010 survey, for instance, showed that blacks make up only 5 percent of the science and engineering workforce, even though they make up 13 percent of the US population. Yet diversity is important not only for fairness in representation; it is also critical for enhancing creativity in scientific discovery.