Racial identities, genetic ancestry, and health in South America : Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay

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Preface N.Redclift PART I: DOING AND DEFINING BIO-CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AS APPLIED TO GENETICS Anthropology, Race, and the Dilemmas of Identity in the Age of Genomics R.Ventura Santos & M.Chor Maio The Inexistence of Biology Verses the Existence of Social Races: Can Science Inform Society? S.D.J.Pena & T.S.Birchal Ethics/Bioethics and Anthropological Fieldwork A.L.Caratini PART II: ADMIXTURE MAPPING AND GENOMICS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND BEYOND Admixture Dynamics in Hispanics: A Shift in the Nuclear Genetic Ancestry of a South American Population Isolate L.Ruiz Pharmacogenetic Studies in the Brazilian Population G.Suarez-Kurtz & S.D.J.Pena Admixture Mapping and Genetic Technologies B.Bertoni The Significance of Sickle Cell Anemia within the Context of the Brazilian Government's 'Racial Policies' (1995-2004) P.H.Fry PART III: GENETIC ADMIXTURE HISTORY, NATIONHOOD AND IDENTITY IN SOUTH AMERICA Gene Admixture and Type of Marriage in a Sample of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area F.R.Carnese Ethnic/Race Self-Adscription, Genetics, and National Identity in Uruguay M.Sans Forced Disappearance and Suppresion of Identity of Children in Argentina: Experiences after Genetic Identification V.B.Penchaszadeh Molecular Vignettes of the Columbian Nation: The Place of Race and Ethnicity in Networks of Biocapital C.A.Barrigan Afterward/Commentaries R.Rapp, T.Disotell, M.Montoya & P.Wade