Opening the white box: Exploring the study of whiteness in contemporary genetics research

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-569

  Tutton, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ancestry; Ethnicity; Population genetics; Race; Science; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250674055     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701355991     Document Type: Article

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