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The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

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An edition of Sex Itself (2013)

Sex Itself

The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

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"Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical-with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, Sex Itself examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Using methods from history, philosophy, and gender studies of science, Sarah S. Richardson uncovers how gender has helped to shape the research practices, questions asked, theories and models, and descriptive language used in sex chromosome research. From the earliest theories of chromosomal sex determination, to the mid-century hypothesis of the aggressive XYY supermale, to the debate about Y chromosome degeneration, to the recent claim that male and female genomes are more different than those of humans and chimpanzees, Richardson shows how cultural gender conceptions influence the genetic science of sex. Richardson shows how sexual science of the past continues to resonate, in ways both subtle and explicit, in contemporary research on the genetics of sex and gender. With the completion of the Human Genome Project, genes and chromosomes are moving to the center of the biology of sex. Sex Itself offers a compelling argument for the importance of ongoing critical dialogue on how cultural conceptions of gender operate within the science of sex." -- Publisher's description.

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Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
Sep 25, 2015, University of Chicago Press
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Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
2014, University of Chicago Press
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Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
Nov 06, 2013, University of Chicago Press
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Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
2013, University of Chicago Press
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Source title: Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

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Library of Congress
QH600.5.R53 2013, QH600.5 .R53 2013

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hardcover
Number of pages
311

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OL27589800M
ISBN 10
022608468X
ISBN 13
9780226084688
LCCN
2013014688
OCLC/WorldCat
840937252
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022608468X

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