Mestizo Genomics

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Genomics, Race Mixture, and Nation in Latin America / Peter Wade, Carlos Lopez Beltran, Eduardo Restrepo, and Ricardo Ventura Santos Part I. History and Context 1. From Degeneration to Meeting Point: Historical Views on Race, Mixture, and the Biological Diversity of the Brazilian Population / Ricardo Ventura Santos, Michael Kent, and Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto 2. Nation and Difference in the Genetic Imagination of Colombia / Eduardo Restrepo, Ernesto Schwartz-Marin, and Roosbelinda Cadenas 3. Negotiating the Mexican Mestizo: On the Possibility of a National Genomics / Carlos Lopez Beltran, Vivette Garcia Deister, and Mariana Rios Sandoval Part II. Laboratory Case Studies 4. Charrua Are Alive: The Genetic Resurrection of an Extinct Indigenous Population in Southern Brazil / Michael Kent and Ricardo Ventura Santos 5. The Travels of Humans, Categories, and Other Genetic Products: A Case Study of the Practice of Population Genetics in Colombia / Maria Fernanda Olarte Sierra and Adriana Diaz del Castillo H. 6. Laboratory Life of the Mexican Mestizo / Vivette Garcia Deister 7. Social Categories and Laboratory Practices in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico: A Comparative Overview / Peter Wade, Vivette Garcia Deister, Michael Kent, and Maria Fernanda Olarte Sierra Conclusion: Race, Multiculturalism, and Genomics in Latin America / Peter Wade Appendix Methods and Contexts References Contributors Index