Genetic sex : a symbolic struggle against reality? : exploring genetic and genomic knowledge in sex discourses

Genetic sex -the apparent fundamental biological cause of the two male and female human varieties- is a 20th century construct. Looking down the microscope, the stained chromosomes are concrete countable entities and lend themselves easily to genetic determinism. As the chromosome composition of a p...

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Main Author: Holme, Ingrid
Other Authors: Dupre, John
Published: University of Exeter 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.545562