Mestizo genomics : race mixture, nation, and science in Latin America / Peter Wade, Carlos López Beltrán, Eduardo Restrepo and Ricardo Ventura Santos, editors.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-282) and index.
Contents:
From "degeneration" to "meeting point" : historical views on race, mixture, and the biological diversity of the Brazilian population / Ricardo Ventura Santos, Michael Kent, and Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto -- Nation and difference in the genetic imagination of Colombia / Eduardo Restrepo, Ernesto Schwartz-Marín, and Roosbelinda Cárdenas -- Negotiating the Mexican mestizo : on the possibility of a national genomics / Carlos López Beltrán, Vivette García Deister, and Mariana Rios Sandoval -- "The Charrua are alive" : the genetic resurrection of extinct indigenous populations in southern Brazil / Michael Kent and Ricardo Ventura Santos -- From the lab to the literature : the travels of humans, categories, and other genetic products : a case study of the practice of population genetics in Colombia / María Fernanda Olarte Sierra and Adriana Díaz del Castillo H. -- Laboratory life of the Mexican mestizo / Vivette García Deister -- Social categories and laboratory practices in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico : a comparative overview / Peter Wade, Vivette García Deister, Michael Kent, and María Fernanda Olarte Sierra.
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