Troublesome science the misuse of genetics and genomics in understanding race
It is well established that all human beings today, wherever they live, belong to one single species. Yet even many people who claim to abhor racism take for granted that human "races" have a biological reality. From pharmacological researchers to the U.S. government, the dubious tradition...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
[2018]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Race, inequality, and health. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40579220*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Evolutionary lessons
- Species and how to recognize them
- Phylogenetic trees
- The name game : modern zoological nomenclature and the rules of naming things
- DNA fingerprinting and barcoding
- Early biological notions of human divergence
- Mitochondrial Eve and Y chromosome Adam
- The other 99 percent of the genome
- ABBA/BABA and the genomes of our ancient relatives
- Human migration and neolithic genomes
- Gene genealogies and species trees
- Clustering humans?
- Structureing humans?
- Mr. Murray loses his bet
- Epilogue : race and society.
