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By Mary Briody Mahowald. 314 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. $39.95. ISBN 0-19-512110-4.

Since the advent of the Human Genome Project in 1990, ethicists, geneticists, physicians, and commentators have explored the implications of this government-sponsored effort to map and sequence the human genome. The past decade has also witnessed an increase in explorations of science and scientific methods by feminist theorists. Mary Briody Mahowald, a well-known contributor to the literature of feminist bioethics, bridges these two fields in Genes, Women, Equality, a study of "gender equality in genetics." The result should be of interest to bioethicists, feminist theorists, and practitioners in the field of medical genetics.

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