Blondes, Lost and Found: Representations of Genes, Identity, and History
ABSTRACT Research carried out during recent decades has revealed our genome not only to be a unique mine of information about health, disease and the human condition, but also about the origin and dispersal history of the species. In this context, the genome is simply an additional source of informa...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00072.x 2024-06-02T08:07:29+00:00 Blondes, Lost and Found: Representations of Genes, Identity, and History Pálsson, Gísli Helgason, Agnar 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00072.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1471-8731.2003.00072.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00072.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Developing World Bioethics volume 3, issue 2, page 159-169 ISSN 1471-8731 1471-8847 journal-article 2003 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00072.x 2024-05-03T10:47:09Z ABSTRACT Research carried out during recent decades has revealed our genome not only to be a unique mine of information about health, disease and the human condition, but also about the origin and dispersal history of the species. In this context, the genome is simply an additional source of information about human history, epistemologically no different from other historical sources. However, media and public interpretation of genetic studies of human history are complicated by the wider connotations of genes as the determinants of hereditary features and identity. We discuss two examples of media and public fascination with the interrelated themes of history, identity and heredity, pointing out some implications of historical research using genetic data in the context of our own ongoing study of Inuit groups in Greenland and Victoria Island, Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland inuit Victoria Island victoria island Wiley Online Library Canada Greenland Developing World Bioethics 3 2 159 169 |
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ABSTRACT Research carried out during recent decades has revealed our genome not only to be a unique mine of information about health, disease and the human condition, but also about the origin and dispersal history of the species. In this context, the genome is simply an additional source of information about human history, epistemologically no different from other historical sources. However, media and public interpretation of genetic studies of human history are complicated by the wider connotations of genes as the determinants of hereditary features and identity. We discuss two examples of media and public fascination with the interrelated themes of history, identity and heredity, pointing out some implications of historical research using genetic data in the context of our own ongoing study of Inuit groups in Greenland and Victoria Island, Canada. |
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Blondes, Lost and Found: Representations of Genes, Identity, and History |
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Blondes, Lost and Found: Representations of Genes, Identity, and History |
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