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The “Contemporary Synthesis”: When Politically Inclusive Genomic Science Relies on Biological Notion...

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The “Contemporary Synthesis”: When Politically Inclusive Genomic Science Relies on Biological Notions of Race

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The “Contemporary Synthesis”: When Politically Inclusive Genomic Science Relies on Biological Notions of Race

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United States: The University of Chicago Press

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Isis, 2014-12, Vol.105 (4), p.803-814

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English

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United States: The University of Chicago Press

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This essay outlines the emergence of a contemporary synthesis regarding racial thinking in genetic science and in society more broadly. A departure from what Julian Huxley in 1942 termed the “modern synthesis,” the contemporary version does not purport to leave race thinking behind in favor of evolution, population genetics, and population-based ac...

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The “Contemporary Synthesis”: When Politically Inclusive Genomic Science Relies on Biological Notions of Race

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1654697691

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1654697691

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0021-1753

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1545-6994

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10.1086/679427

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