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
Otros Autores: Lee, Catherine, 1971-, Nelson, Alondra, Wailoo, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race.
Human population genetics.
Genomics.
Genetic markers.
Gene mapping.
Ethnicity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
ethnicity.
Ethnicite.
Marqueurs genetiques.
Cartes chromosomiques.
Genomique.
Genetique des populations humaines.
Racial Groups
Genetic Markers
Chromosome Mapping
Genomics
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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: illustrations
ISBN:9780813552552

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