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Sex Itself The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

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ISBN-10: 022608468X

ISBN-13: 9780226084688

Edition: 2013

Authors: Sarah S. Richardson

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Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical—with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, Sex Itself examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age.           Using methods from history, philosophy, and gender studies of science, Sarah S. Richardson uncovers how gender has helped to shape the research practices,…    
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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/6/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.94" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Sarah S. Richardson is assistant professor of the history of science and of studies of women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard University. She is coeditor of Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age. She lives in Chester, CT.

Sex Itself
The Odd Chromosomes
How the X and Y Became the Sex Chromosomes
A New Molecular Science of Sex
A Chromosome for Maleness
Sexing the X
The Search for the Sex-Determining Gene
Save the Males!
Are Men and Women as Different as Humans and Chimpanzees?
Gender and the Human Genome
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index