The DNA Mystique. The Gene as a Cultural Icon Dorothy Nelkin y M. Susan Lindee, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1995.

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Can genomics tell me who I am? Essentialistic rhetoric in direct-to-consumer DNA testing (2009, background): “…as child-rearing practices, insurance and employment policies, and efforts to reduce population health disparities, the social risks of genetic information have been traced back to forms of “genetic essentialism” (cf. Nelkin and Lindee 1995, Condit 1999, Wachbroit 2000, Wailoo and Pemberton 2006).”
Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment (2007, background): “First, the primacy of genetic ties in American society may create a social climate in which adoptive family structures are devalued (Lebner 2000; Miall 1987; Nelkin and Lindee 1995; Wegar 2000).”
Teachers’ Conceptions About the Genetic Determinism of Human Behaviour: A Survey in 23 Countries (2014, background): “Several authors have developed critical analyses of innatism (for instance Lewontin et al. 1984, Nelkin & Lindee 1995, Atlan 1999, Jacquard & Kahn 2001).”
Genetic Essentialism: On the Deceptive Determinism of DNA (2011, background): “Public interest soared, and debates ensued over questions of culpability and choice for such “carriers” (Nelkin & Lindee, 1995).”