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"Like editing bits of ourselves": geneticisation and human fate.

New genetics and society - 1 Apr 2006

Scott Anne

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Disquiet relating to the potential for knowing one's 'fate' emerged strongly in sixteen focus groups relating to genetic testing held in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This paper draws on the concept of 'life itself', rephrased here as 'capitalised genomics', to understand this reaction. A tension relating to the discourse of geneticisation, in which 'the gene' is held to carry essential identity, links to ancestors and...

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PMID: 17312632
DOI: 10.1080/14636770600603535

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