The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods

People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic...

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Autores principales: Cheung, Benjamin Y., Schmalor, Anita, Heine, Steven J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34591889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257954
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description People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic essentialism is associated with support for eugenic policies and social attitudes based in social inequality, and less acceptance of genetically modified foods. These views about eugenics and genetically-modified foods were especially evident among people who had less knowledge about genes, potentially highlighting the value of education in genetics.
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spelling pubmed-84833172021-10-01 The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods Cheung, Benjamin Y. Schmalor, Anita Heine, Steven J. PLoS One Research Article People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic essentialism is associated with support for eugenic policies and social attitudes based in social inequality, and less acceptance of genetically modified foods. These views about eugenics and genetically-modified foods were especially evident among people who had less knowledge about genes, potentially highlighting the value of education in genetics. Public Library of Science 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8483317/ /pubmed/34591889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257954 Text en © 2021 Cheung et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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