The Enculturated Gene

Sickle Cell Health Politics And Biological Difference In West Africa

by Duana Fullwiley
language: english
Publisher: Princeton University Press, November of 2011 ‧
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In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations. This title traces how this genetic discourse has blotted from view the roles that Senegalese patients and doctors have played in making sickle cell 'mild' in a social setting.

The Enculturated Gene

Sickle Cell Health Politics And Biological Difference In West Africa

by Duana Fullwiley

Property Description
ISBN: 9780691123172
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: November of 2011
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 368
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Medicine > Internal medicine
EAN: 9780691123172