Genetics and the unsettled past : the collision of DNA, race, and history /

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Genetics and the Unsettled Past considers the alignment of genetic science with commercial trends in genealogy, with legal and forensic developments, and with pharmaceutical innovation to examine how these trends lend renewed authority to biological understandings of race and history. Essays by scho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wailoo, Keith, Nelson, Alondra, Lee, Catherine, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Rutgers studies in race and ethnicity.
Temas:
Human population genetics.
Genomics.
Gene mapping.
Genetic markers.
Race.
Ethnicity.
Genomics
Chromosome Mapping
Genetic Markers
Racial Groups
Génétique des populations humaines.
Génomique.
Cartes chromosomiques.
Marqueurs génétiques.
Ethnicité.
ethnicity.
race (group of people)
MEDICAL > Genetics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Ethnicity
Gene mapping
Genetic markers
Human population genetics
Race
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Genetics and the Unsettled Past considers the alignment of genetic science with commercial trends in genealogy, with legal and forensic developments, and with pharmaceutical innovation to examine how these trends lend renewed authority to biological understandings of race and history. Essays by scholars across a wide range of disciplines-biology, history, cultural studies, law, medicine, anthropology, ethnic studies, sociology-explore the emerging and often contested connections among race, DNA, and history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 357 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813553368
0813553369
1280492597
9781280492594
9786613587824
6613587826

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