Mitochondrial Eve and the Affective Politics of Human Ancestry.

This article explores a scientific technology—mitochondrial analysis—that underlies contemporary technoscientific phenomena such as genetic ancestry tests, ethnic diversity projects, and national genome projects. The article focuses on the figure of "Mitochondrial Eve," the most recent common matril...

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Publicado en:	Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 747 - 773
Autor principal:	Oikkonen, Venla
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Chicago Press Spring2015
Materias:	Race Gender Heterosexuality Human origins Human genetics Mitochondrial DNA Genomics Human evolution
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