Revisiting race in a genomic age / edited by Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Sarah S. Richardson. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xv, 376 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Rutgers series in medical anthropology . - Studies in medical anthropology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Race : past, present, and future / What genes are, and why there are no genes for race / A social constructionist analysis of race / Individual ancestry inference and the reification of race as a biological phenomenon / Race, ancestry, and medicine / Will tomorrow's medicines work for everyone? / Patenting race in a genomic age / The molecularization of race : U.S. health institutions, pharmacogenetics practice, and public science after the genome / Tracking race in addiction research / Genetic ancestry and the search for personalized genetic histories / Genetic genealogy : genetics meets the marketplace / Native-American-DNA.com : in search of Native American race and tribe / The factness of diaspora : the social sources of genetic genealogy / Moving beyond the two-race mantra / Cops, sports, and schools : how the news media frames coverage of genetics and race / Race without salvation : beyond the science/society divide in genomic studies of human diversity / The feasibility of government oversight of NIH-funded population genetics research / Racial realism and the discourse of responsibility for health disparities in a genomic age / Jonathan Marks -- John DupreĢ -- Sally Haslanger -- Deborah A. Bolnick -- Marcus W. Feldman and Richard C. Lewontin -- Sarah K. Tate and David B. Goldstein -- Jonathan Kahn -- Duana Fullwiley -- Molly J. Dingel and Barbara A. Koenig -- Mark D. Shriver and Rick A. Kittles -- Henry T. Greely -- Kimberly Tallbear -- Alondra Nelson -- Pamela Sankar -- Sally Lehrman -- Jenny Reardon -- Jacqueline Stevens -- Sandra Soo-Jin Lee.

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Race.
Genomics--Social aspects.
Genomics--Moral and ethical aspects.

GN269 / .R48 2008

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