Magnus Nordborg, Scientific Director of the Gregor Mendel Institute, was one of more than 130 international population geneticists who signed a "Letter to the Editor" of the New York Times Book Review criticizing a misappropriation of research results from their field in Nicholas Wade`s recent book “A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History”. The letter came in support of David Dobbs' critical review of Wade's book in the New York Times.
The story also appeared in the Viennese press shortly thereafter and in a Nature News blog.
David Dobbs' review (New York Times, July 10)
Letter to the Editor (New York Times. Aug 8) - List of signing faculty
Nature News blog (Aug 8)
Neuer Streit um DNA-Unterschiede zwischen "Rassen" (Der Standard, Aug 12)