The truth will out: scientific pragmatism and the geneticization of race and ethnicity
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Outram, Simon M and Ellison, George T. H (2006) The truth will out: scientific pragmatism and the geneticization of race and ethnicity. In: The nature of difference : science society and human biology. Ellison, George T. H and Goodman, Alan H, eds. Society for the Study of Human Biology series (45). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 157-179.
Abstract
This chapter sets out to understand why racial (and quasi-racial ethnic) categories continue to be used in contemporary genetic research despite sustained criticism from natural and social scientists.
| Item type | Book Section |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/23960 |
| ISBN | 0849327202, 9780849327209 |
| Subjects | Historical > FOR Classification > 0604 Genetics Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL) |
| Keywords | geneticisation, genetics, ethnicity, ethnic groups, races |
| Citations in Scopus | 7 - View on Scopus |
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