Flattening and Unpacking Human Genetic Variation in Mexico, Postwar to Present
| Autor: | Víctor Hugo Anaya-Muñoz, Edna Suárez-Díaz, Vivette García-Deister |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Unpacking media_common.quotation_subject Human genetic variation 050905 science studies History 21st Century 03 medical and health sciences History and Philosophy of Science Argument Humans Sociology Mexico media_common Interpretation (philosophy) 05 social sciences Genetic Variation General Social Sciences Gender studies History 20th Century Epistemology Genetics Population 030104 developmental biology Variation (linguistics) 0509 other social sciences Discipline Realism Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Science in Context. 30:89-112 |
| ISSN: | 1474-0664 0269-8897 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0269889717000047 |
| Popis: | ArgumentThis paper analyzes the research strategies of three different cases in the study of human genetics in Mexico – the work of Rubén Lisker in the 1960s, INMEGEN's mapping of Mexican genomic diversity between 2004 and 2009, and the analysis of Native American variation by Andrés Moreno and his colleagues in contemporary research. We make a distinction between an approach that incorporates multiple disciplinary resources into sampling design and interpretation (unpacking), from one that privileges pragmatic considerations over more robust multidisciplinary analysis (flattening). These choices have consequences for social, demographic, and biomedical practices, and also for accounts of genetic variation in human populations. While the former strategyunpacksfine-grained genetic variation – favoring precision and realism, the latter tends toflattenindividual differences and historical depth in lieu of generalization. |
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