DROSOPHILA genetics, GENETICS, CYTOGENETICS, GENETIC sex determination, GENE expression
Abstract
The concept 'super-female' initially appeared in genetic studies of the common fruit fly, Drosophila, during the 1920s, and in early medical cytogenetic research in 1959. In this paper I present a genealogy of this gendered term and analyse the influence of the genetic concepts formulated by drosophilists on the construction of what would come to be known as medical - human - cytogenetics. While retrieving the participation of woman geneticists, the historical trajectory of this word and its meaning will be traced through the early cytogenetics of sex determination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
DROSOPHILA genetics, HUMAN genetics, CHROMOSOMES, WOMEN'S history, CYTOGENETICS, HISTORY
Abstract
The concept 'super-female ' initially appeared in genetic studies of the common fruit fly, Drosophila, during the 1920s, and in early medical cytogenetic research in 1959. In this paper I present a genealogy of this gendered term and analyse the influence of the genetic concepts formulated by drosophilists on the construction of what would come to be known as medical - human - cytogenetics. While retrieving the participation of woman geneticists, the historical trajectory of this word and its meaning will be traced through the early cytogenetics of sex determination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published
2016
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