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Mestizo genomics : race mixture, nation, and science in Latin America /
In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been mapping the genomes of local populations, seeking to locate the genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace population histories. As part of their work, geneticists often calculate the European, African, and Amerindian genetic ancest...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From "degeneration" to "meeting point" : historical views on race, mixture, and the biological diversity of the Brazilian population / Ricardo Ventura Santos, Michael Kent, and Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto
- Nation and difference in the genetic imagination of Colombia / Eduardo Restrepo, Ernesto Schwartz-Marín, and Roosbelinda Cárdenas
- Negotiating the Mexican mestizo : on the possibility of a national genomics / Carlos López Beltrán, Vivette García Deister, and Mariana Rios Sandoval
- "The Charrua are alive" : the genetic resurrection of extinct indigenous populations in southern Brazil / Michael Kent and Ricardo Ventura Santos
- From the lab to the literature : the travels of humans, categories, and other genetic products : a case study of the practice of population genetics in Colombia / María Fernanda Olarte Sierra and Adriana Díaz del Castillo H.
- Laboratory life of the Mexican mestizo / Vivette García Deister
- Social categories and laboratory practices in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico : a comparative overview / Peter Wade, Vivette García Deister, Michael Kent, and María Fernanda Olarte Sierra.