The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods.

People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic...

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Autores principales:	Benjamin Y Cheung, Anita Schmalor, Steven J Heine
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61fc49609b464dae8bd6d82529acbb202021-12-02T20:13:57ZThe role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257954https://doaj.org/article/61fc49609b464dae8bd6d82529acbb202021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257954https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic essentialism is associated with support for eugenic policies and social attitudes based in social inequality, and less acceptance of genetically modified foods. These views about eugenics and genetically-modified foods were especially evident among people who had less knowledge about genes, potentially highlighting the value of education in genetics.Benjamin Y CheungAnita SchmalorSteven J HeinePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257954 (2021)
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description	People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic essentialism is associated with support for eugenic policies and social attitudes based in social inequality, and less acceptance of genetically modified foods. These views about eugenics and genetically-modified foods were especially evident among people who had less knowledge about genes, potentially highlighting the value of education in genetics.
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title	The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods.
title_short	The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods.
title_full	The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods.
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The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods.

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