The edited collection brings together social and biological anthropology scholars, biologists, and geneticists to examine the interface between Genetic Admixture, Identity and Health, directly contributing to an emerging field of ‘bio-cultural anthropology.
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Preface; N.Redclift PART I: DOING AND DEFINING ‘BIO-CULTURAL’ ANTHROPOLOGY AS APPLIED TO GENETICS Anthropology, Race, and the Dilemmas of Identity in the Age of Genomics; R.Ventura Santos & M.Chor Maio The Inexistence of Biology Verses the Existence of Social Races: Can Science Inform Society?; S.D.J.Pena & T.S.Birchal Ethics/Bioethics and Anthropological Fieldwork; A.L.Caratini PART II: ADMIXTURE MAPPING AND GENOMICS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND BEYOND Admixture Dynamics in Hispanics: A Shift in the Nuclear Genetic Ancestry of a South American Population Isolate; L.Ruiz Pharmacogenetic Studies in the Brazilian Population; G.Suarez-Kurtz & S.D.J.Pena Admixture Mapping and Genetic Technologies; B.Bertoni The Significance of Sickle Cell Anemia within the Context of the Brazilian Government’s ‘Racial Policies’ (1995-2004); P.H.Fry PART III: GENETIC ADMIXTURE HISTORY, NATIONHOOD AND IDENTITY IN SOUTH AMERICA Gene Admixture and Type of Marriage in a Sample of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area; F.R.Carnese Ethnic/Race Self-Adscription, Genetics, and National Identity in Uruguay; M.Sans Forced Disappearance and Suppresion of Identity of Children in Argentina: Experiences after Genetic Identification; V.B.Penchaszadeh Molecular Vignettes of the Columbian Nation: The Place of Race and Ethnicity in Networks of Biocapital; C.A.Barrigan Afterward/Commentaries; R.Rapp, T.Disotell, M.Montoya & P.Wade
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SAHRA GIBBON
has a Lectureship at University College London, UK.
MÓNICA SANS is Director in the Biological Anthropology Department at Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
RICARDO VENTURA SANTOS
is Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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