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100 1 $aRichardson, Sarah S.,$d1980-
245 10 $aSex itself :$bthe search for male and female in the human genome /$cSarah S. Richardson.
264 1 $aChicago ;$aLondon :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2013.
300 $avii, 311 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSex itself -- The odd chromosomes -- How the X and Y became the sex chromosomes -- A new molecular science of sex -- A chromosome for maleness -- Sexing the X -- The search for the sex-determining gene -- Save the males! -- Are men and women as different as humans and chimpanzees? -- Gender and the human genome.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aSex chromosomes.
650 0 $aHuman genome.
650 0 $aSex differences.
650 12 $aSex Chromosomes.
650 22 $aGender Identity.
650 22 $aGenome, Human.
650 22 $aSex Characteristics.
650 22 $aSex Differentiation.
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