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Enacting genetic responsibility: experiences of mothers who carry the fragile X gene

5 Nov 2010

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A woman who carries the gene for fragile X syndrome (FXS) has a 50 per cent chance per pregnancy of passing the gene to her sons and daughters. In this paper we analyse interview data from mothers who are carriers of the FX gene, and who have at least one child with FXS, to examine how their understandings and enactments of reproductive options, obligations, and responsibilities support an expanded notion of...

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PMID: 21054442
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01289.x

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