Genetics and identity

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 252-266

  Nordgren, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Gene therapy; Genetic ancestry; Genetic determinism; Genetic essentialism; Genetic testing; Identification; Identity; Narrative identity; Numerical identity; Personal identity; Social identity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; IDENTITY CRISIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 44249111489     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121396     Document Type: Review

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