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Geneticists' Understandings of Genetic Causation
Hannah Allen1, Bennett Knox2, Stephen M Downes3
1Philosophy Department, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA. hannah.allen@utrgv.edu.
Abstract:
This paper presents the preliminary results of a survey-based study investigating geneticists' understanding of genetic causation. We are motivated by an underlying assumption that to improve interpretation and implementation of behavioral genetics research, and furthermore for that research to have a positive societal impact, it is important to reveal how geneticists themselves understand their research. Results of sixty-two survey responses from clinical and research geneticists at the University of Utah are discussed and assessed to fulfill these aims and survey the landscape of the field. Analysis of our survey results revealed some variation in responses to questions about genetic causation from geneticists across different research areas.
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