by Lone Frank
Sampras, Pete Ref1
Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Schardt, Dina Ref1
schizophrenia Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Science Ref1, Ref2
ScientificMatch.com Ref1
Scots Ref1
Seed magazine Ref1
sensitivity Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, see also social sensitivity
Serbia, experiments on genes and depression Ref1
serotonin Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
sexual behavior Ref1, Ref2;
gene testing and dating services Ref1, Ref2;
Wedekind’s experiment on mate choice Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Shanghai Biochip Corporation Ref1
Singh, Ilina Ref1
Sjöberg, Rikard Ref1
Skallagrímsson, Egill Ref1
skin cancer Ref1, Ref2
Skorecki, Karl Ref1
smoking Ref1, Ref2
SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
social factors: and behavioral genetics Ref1;
genes’ interplay with Ref1, Ref2, Ref3;
in sexual compatibility Ref1
social network Ref1
social psychology, view of personality Ref1
social sensitivity Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
socio-economic status: and choice of partner Ref1;
and epigenetic effects Ref1
Søgaard, Birgitte Ref1
Sorenson, James Levy, and his research foundation Ref1
Sorenson Genetics Ref1
South Africa Ref1
South Korea Ref1
Spaniards Ref1
sperm banks and donors Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
spirituality: questions of identity Ref1, Ref2;
religiosity/religious faith Ref1, Ref2
Srinivasan, Balaji and Ramji Ref1
Stefánsson, Kári Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Stewart, Martha Ref1
stress Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Strong African American Families program Ref1
Sweden Ref1, Ref2
Switzerland see GenePartner; Zürich Szyf, Moshe Ref1, Ref2
Tay-Sachs neurological syndrome Ref1
thalassemia Ref1
Time magazine Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Topol, Eric Ref1
Tupes, Ernest Ref1
Turkheimer, Eric Ref1, Ref2
Turner, Bryan Ref1
Tutu, Desmond Ref1
twins Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
UK Human Genetics Commission Ref1
United Kingdom (UK) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, see also Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
United States: cultural identities Ref1;
eugenics movement Ref1;
experiments on genes and depression Ref1;
genetic genealogy industry Ref1, Ref2;
increasing use of paternity tests Ref1, Ref2;
reduction in Tay-Sachs syndrome Ref1;
sperm banks and selection of children’s traits Ref1, see also African Americans; Americans; Hutterites
Varmus, Harold Ref1
Venter, J. Craig Ref1, Ref2
‘virtual babies’ Ref1
Vogelstein, Bert Ref1
Vorhaus, Dan Ref1
Waddington, Conrad Ref1
Wade, Nicholas Ref1
Watson, James Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6;
author’s meeting with Ref1, Ref2;
discovery of DNA structure Ref1
Way, Baldwin Ref1
Wedekind, Claus: experiment on body odor and mate choice Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4;
views on commercialization of HLA testing Ref1, Ref2
Weinberger, Daniel: author’s meeting with Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5;
studies of brain Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Wells, H.G. Ref1
Wells, Spencer Ref1, Ref2
West, John Ref1
Wilson, E. O. Ref1
Winfrey, Oprah Ref1, Ref2
Wojcicki, Anne Ref1, Ref2
Woodward, Scott Ref1
Yoruba people Ref1
Zimmer, Carl Ref1
Zürich Ref1, Ref2
About the Author
LONE FRANK is the author of The Neurotourist: Postcards from the Edge of Brain Science. She holds a PhD in neurobiology and was previously a research scientist in the biotechnology industry. An award-winning science journalist and television documentary presenter, writer for Weekendavisen, Denmark’s leading newspaper. She lives in Copenhagen. she has written for such publications as Nature, Science, Scientific American, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as well as serving as a staff writer for Weekendavisen, Denmark’s leading newspaper. She lives in Copenhagen.