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...

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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A short history of the race concept / Michael Yudell
  • Natural selection, the human genome, and the idea of race / Robert Pollack
  • Racial disparities in databanking of DNA profiles / Michael T. Risher
  • Prejudice, stigma, and DNA databases / Helen Wallace
  • Ancestry testing and DNA : uses, limits, and caveat emptor / Troy Duster
  • Can DNA witness race? Forensic uses of an imperfect ancestry testing technology / Duana Fullwiley
  • BiDil and racialized medicine / Jonathan Kahn
  • Evolutionary versus racial medicine : why it matters? / Joseph L. Graves Jr.
  • Myth and mystification : the science of race and IQ / Pilar N. Ossorio
  • Intelligence, race, and genetics / Robert J. Sternberg [and others]
  • The elusive variability of race / Patricia J. Williams
  • Race, genetics, and the regulatory need for race impact assessments / Osagie K. Obasogie.

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