Race and the genetic revolution : science, myth, and culture /

Leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including law, biology, sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology, examine the impact of modern genetics on the concept of race. Does mapping the human genome reconstitute a scientific rationale for long-discredited racial categories? Contributors...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Krimsky, Sheldon (Editor ), Sloan, Kathleen, 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Human population genetics.
Race.
Molecular evolution.
Human genetics > Variation.
Racial Groups > genetics
Genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Racial Groups
Génétique des populations humaines.
Évolution moléculaire.
Variabilité génétique.
race (group of people)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Genetics & Genomics.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Molecular evolution
Human genetics > Variation
Human population genetics
Race
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including law, biology, sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology, examine the impact of modern genetics on the concept of race. Does mapping the human genome reconstitute a scientific rationale for long-discredited racial categories? Contributors trace the interplay between genetics and race in forensic DNA databanks, the biology of intelligence, DNA ancestry markers, and racialized medicine. Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in both science and popular culture. Divid.
Notas:Includes index.
"A project of the Council for Responsible Genetics."
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0231527691
9780231527699

Ejemplares similares