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The Genome in Black and White (and Gray). Robin Marantz Henig.

by Henig, Robin Marantz; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 23Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Genetic code | Genetics -- Research | Human genetics | Human genome | Medicine -- Research | Nucleotide sequence | Pharmacogenomics | Race -- Genetic aspects | Race differencesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Looking for biological determinants of race is nothing new. It has a potent history, with poisonous associations dating back to the early days of eugenics. But contemporary science has given these efforts a new respectability. In the wake of the completion of the Human Genome Project, geneticists are trying to arrange pieces of the genome like a Rubik's Cube, searching for patterns of variation that align into some useful matrix. Their goal is to generate information that will help prevent and treat common diseases. But in the process, they're generating information that might also lead to declarations about the biological meaning of race." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines the growing interest in racial genetics and how the findings could impact how we define and view race.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.

Originally Published: The Genome in Black and White (and Gray), Oct. 10, 2004; pp. 46-51.

"Looking for biological determinants of race is nothing new. It has a potent history, with poisonous associations dating back to the early days of eugenics. But contemporary science has given these efforts a new respectability. In the wake of the completion of the Human Genome Project, geneticists are trying to arrange pieces of the genome like a Rubik's Cube, searching for patterns of variation that align into some useful matrix. Their goal is to generate information that will help prevent and treat common diseases. But in the process, they're generating information that might also lead to declarations about the biological meaning of race." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines the growing interest in racial genetics and how the findings could impact how we define and view race.

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