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Author Gisli Palsson, 1949-

Title Anthropology and the new genetics / Gisli Palsson.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  304.5 G446a 2007    ---  Available
Description xiii, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series New departures in anthropology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254) and index.
Contents Introduction: "As deep as life itself" -- Birthmarks become landmarks : "little worlds in themselves" -- Genealogies, relationships, and histories -- Biobanking : medical records and genetic databases -- For whom the cell tolls : bioethics -- Biovalue : appropriating genomes -- Human variation -- Conclusion.
Subject Human genetics -- Social aspects.
Ethnology.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Genetics.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Databases, Genetic.
ISBN 0521671744 (pbk.)
9780521855723
0521855721
9780521671743 (pbk.)
Standard No. NLM 101300655
NZ1 11284206
AU@ 000041340899

 
    
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