GE CLST M72A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gender Dysphoria, Exome Sequencing, Dexamethasone
10 Jan 2017
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Dr. vilain - lecture 7 oct 13th: intersexuality ii. 1993 - people began to challenge binary gender. 1997 - article in rolling stone about intersexuality was published. 2000 - the rolling stone article was ampli ed via books and television. Changes made as a result of e orts a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Dsd: medical diagnosis, vs. intersex: sounds like more of a social identity. Intersex labels a person, dsd labels a condition. Shortcut to the diagnostic oddest a family experiences. Serves as an aid to monitoring the conditions. There is uncertainty because of the di erent mutations that cause intersex. Bene ts of a genetic diagnostic tool for dsd. Genome and exome sequencing, clinical next generation sequencing. Genitalia does not re ect anything except the way the brain has been gendered. 5% are unhappy with their gender-- not related to degree of genital virilization.
