The certainty that engendered doubt: paternity and DNA

There has been a surge in the use of DNA paternity tests in Brazil in both private and government laboratories. This raises interesting questions about the influence of the medical and legal spheres on gender and kinship relations in contemporary society. To analyze this phenomenon, we conducted res...

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Main Authors: Claudia Fonseca, Jeffrey Holff
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Series:Revista Estudos Feministas
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-026X2006000100004&lng=en&tlng=en