title: Postgenomics and genetic essentialism.
abstract: Traditional lay perceptions of genetics are plagued with essentialist biases leading to some unfortunate consequences. Changes in the scientific understanding of heredity in general, and in genotype-phenotype relationships more specifically, provide a vital basis for shifting public understanding of genetics. Facilitating postgenomic literacy among the public has the potential to have translational implications in diminishing deleterious attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. ilan.dar-nimrod@sydney.edu.au
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dar-Nimrod
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy