Screen LibrarySex itself : the search for male and female in the human genome /
"Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical -- with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, si...
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Paperback edition 2015. |
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| Summary: |
"Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical -- with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, Sex Itself examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Using methods from history, philosophy, and gender studies of scien |
| Item Description: | Originally published in 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-298) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226325613 (paperback) : 022632561X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QH600 |
| CLC: | Q344 |
| Call Number: | Q344/R525 |
| Contents: | Sex itself -- The odd chromosomes -- How the X and Y became the sex chromosomes -- A new molecular science of sex -- A chromosome for maleness -- Sexing the X -- The search for the sex-determining gene -- Save the males! -- Are men and women as different as humans and chimpanzees? -- Gender and the human genome. |