Determinism and mass-media portrayals of genetics
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Determinism and mass-media portrayals of genetics are of concern to scholars looking back on the two decades leading up to 1998. Contents of a randomly selected structured sample of American public newspapers and magazines published 1919-95 have been analyzed to test the hypothesis that an increase in biological determinism has occurred in public discourse. Introduction of discussions of medical genetics was found to correlate with a statistically significant decrease in the degree to which articles attribute human characteristics to genetic causes and a statistically significant increase in differentiation of attributions to genetic and other causes.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Genetics
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0002-9297
Year: 1998
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Perspectives in human genetics: Mendelian Inheritance in Man and its online version, OMIM
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Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) is a comprehensive knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders, consisting of full-text overviews useful to students, researchers and clinicians. The origins, evolution and the existing status of the publication of MIM, including its online version Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is reviewed on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the print edition.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Genetics
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0002-9297
Year: 2007
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Half a century of medical genetics- where do we go from here?
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David L. Rimoin achieved an award on 2006 ASHG leadership award for his work on medical genetics.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Genetics
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0002-9297
Year: 2007
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