Gender and the Human Genome

Gender issues arise in relation to the human genome across a number of dimensions: the level of attention given to the nuclear genome as opposed to the mitochondrial; the level of basic scientific research; decision-making in the clinic related to both reproductive decision-making on the one hand, a...

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Autor principal: Chadwick, Ruth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Women's Issues
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21836776
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.44075
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description Gender issues arise in relation to the human genome across a number of dimensions: the level of attention given to the nuclear genome as opposed to the mitochondrial; the level of basic scientific research; decision-making in the clinic related to both reproductive decision-making on the one hand, and diagnostic and predictive testing on the other; and wider societal implications. Feminist bioethics offers a useful perspective for addressing these issues.
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spelling pubmed-31514452011-08-11 Gender and the Human Genome Chadwick, Ruth Mens Sana Monogr Women's Issues Gender issues arise in relation to the human genome across a number of dimensions: the level of attention given to the nuclear genome as opposed to the mitochondrial; the level of basic scientific research; decision-making in the clinic related to both reproductive decision-making on the one hand, and diagnostic and predictive testing on the other; and wider societal implications. Feminist bioethics offers a useful perspective for addressing these issues. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3151445/ /pubmed/21836776 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.44075 Text en Copyright: © Mens Sana Monographs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151445/
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