Not an innocent pursuit: The politics of a 'Jewish' genetic signature

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Azoulay, Katya Gibel ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; NEGRO; PEDIGREE; POLITICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0344741318     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00067.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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