]
death from, [>]–[>], [>] n
markers of, [>] n
preventive oophorectomy and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] n
risk of, [>]
risk of recurrence, [>]–[>]
role of genetic mutations in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
screening for, [>], [>]–[>], [>] n
Stage III, [>], [>]
ovaries
estrogen production and, [>], [>]
libido and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
preventive removal of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Pakistan, breast and ovarian cancer in, [>], [>]–[>] n
Pale of Settlement, [>], [>]
pancreatic cancer, [>], [>]
pancreatitis, [>]
paralysis, happiness and, [>]
Parkinson’s disease, [>] n
paternalism, medical, [>]
patrilineal inheritance of surnames, [>]–[>]
pedigrees, [>], [>]
pemphigus vulgaris, [>]–[>]
Penn, William, [>]
personalized medicine, [>], [>]–[>]. see also genetics-based medicine
PET scans, [>]
phalloplasty, [>]
phenylketonuria, [>]
Pliusnina, Irina, [>]–[>], [>]
Ploetz, Alfred, [>], [>]
polar body biopsy, [>]
polycystic kidney disease, [>]–[>]
polymorphism, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Popova, Nina, [>]–[>], [>]
positive eugenics, [>]
posterior column ataxia, [>], [>] n
post-Nazi era, [>]–[>]
postpartum depression, [>], [>], [>]
posttest counseling, [>]–[>]
preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] n
premarital testing, [>]–[>], [>]. see also Dor Yeshorim program
prenatal screening, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] n
amniocentesis, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
counseling in, [>]–[>], [>] n
single-gene disorders, [>]–[>]
previvors, [>]–[>], [>]
Proctor, Robert, [>]
Prodynorphin, [>]
proof-of-principle studies, [>]–[>]
Prospect Theory, [>]
prostasin, [>]
prostate cancer, [>], [>]
Prouser, Nancy, [>]–[>]
psychology and genetic counseling, [>]–[>]
puberty, course of breast cancer and, [>]
public health officers, [>]–[>]
Puffenberger, Erik, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
racial hygiene, [>]–[>]
rat domestication, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
recessive traits, [>]
defined, [>], [>]
diseases inherited through, [>]
prevalence of, [>]–[>]
unexpected appearance of, [>]–[>]
reflexes, lack of, [>]
Reimer, David, [>]–[>]
Reproductive Genetics Institute, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
resilience, [>]
RET gene, [>]
retinitis pigmentosa, [>]–[>], [>] n
Rhine Valley, [>]
Ribbert, Hugo, [>]
risk adjustment, [>]
risk-averse behavior, [>]
risk-taking behavior, [>]
Rogers, Carl, [>]
Sagi, Michal, [>], [>]
Saint Vitus’ dance, [>]. see also Huntington’s disease
sarcoidosis, [>]–[>]
Sawyer, Diane, [>]–[>]
Scandinavians, genetic studies on, [>]
schizophrenia, [>], [>], [>] n
Schneider, Katherine, [>]
SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency, “bubble boy” disease), [>], [>], [>]
screening
breast cancer, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
for breast/ovarian cancer-gene mutations, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in Dor Yeshorim program, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
for Huntington’s disease, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] n
newborn, [>]–[>]
for ovarian cancer, [>], [>]–[>]
prenatal. see prenatal screening
second opinions, [>]
Segre, Gino, [>]
seizure disorders, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] n, [>] n
selection
for intelligence, [>]
for mental health, [>]
for sex, [>]–[>]
selective advantage
defined, [>]
hypertension and, [>]
Jewish diseases and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
mitochondrial DNA and, [>]
nature of, [>]–[>]
recessive traits and, [>]–[>]
self-esteem, [>]
self-knowledge, [>]–[>], [>]
Seminars in Oncology, [>]
Sephardic Jews, [>]–[>], [>]
founder breast/ovarian cancer-gene mutation among, [>]–[>]
tests for conditions found in, [>]
serial killers, [>]
serotonin, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
serotonin-transporter polymorphism, [>]
Seven Daughters of Eve, The (Sykes), [>]
sex assignment, [>]–[>], [>] n
sex chromosomes
abnormalities in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
in genome, [>], [>]
single-X females, [>]
X-linked characteristics, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
XXX females, [>], [>]
XXY males, [>], [>]
XY individuals, [>]–[>], [>]
XYY males, [>]
Y-chromosome research, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
sex selection, [>]–[>], [>] n
Shriver, Mark, [>]–[>]
shyness, [>]–[>]
sibling relationships, [>]
sibling studies, [>], [>]
sickle-cell anemia, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] n
silver-fox breeding, [>]–[>], [>]
simple mastectomy, [>]–[>]
single-X females, [>]
Skorecki, Karl, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
skull measurements, [>]–[>]
Slate magazine, [>], [>], [>]
sleep deprivation, [>]
smoking, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>] n
Sontag, Susan, [>]
source population, [>]
Soviet Union, former
genetic research in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] n
racist politics in, [>]–[>]
soy products, [>]
spare parts babies, [>], [>]
spatiovisual ability, [>], [>]
Spiegelgrund (Vienna, Austria), [>]–[>], [>] n
spontaneous abortion, [>]
Stalin, Joseph, [>]
stem-cell research, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
sterilization, forced, [>], [>], [>]
stomach cancer, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
stratifying a population, [>]
Strauss, Kevin, [>], [>], [>]
stroke, [>], [>]
subcutaneous mastectomies, [>]–[>]
subtotal colectomy, [>]
suicide
assisted, [>], [>]
serotonin and, [>]
surgery
and cancer family syndrome, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
medical role of, [>]–[>]
mastectomy, prophylactic, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] n
oophorectomy, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] n
surgical menopause, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] n
Survival of the Prettiest (Etcoff), [>]–[>]
Sykes, Bryan, [>]
syphilis, [>], [>] n
Tanakh, [>]
Tay-Sachs, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
decline in Orthodox community, [>], [>]
Dor Yeshorim and, [>]–[>]
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York) and, [>]–[>], [>]
nature of, [>]–[>]
Tellegen, Auke, [>]–[>]
Tendler, Moshe Dovid, [>]
therapeutic abortion, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>] n
Third Reich, [>]–[>]
Thomas, Matt, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
time estimates, problems with, [>]
torsion dystonia, [>]
Trut, Lyudmila, [>]
Tversky, Amos, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
twin studies, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
ultrasound, [>], [>]
University of Pennsylvania, [>]
Ustinov, Peter, [>]
uterine cancer, [>], [>]
vagal nerve stimulator, [>]–[>]
vaginal dryness, [>]
valproic acid, [>]–[>], [>]
Verlinsky, Yury, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] n
Vienna, Austria, [>]–[>]
Institute für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, [>]
Spiegelgrund, [>]–[>], [>] n
visual memory, [>]
Wagner, Otto, [>]
Wall Street Journal, [>], [>]–[>]
Warthin, Aldred Scott, [>], [>]
Wexler, Alice, [>]
Wexler, Nancy, [>]–[>]
whole-body perspective, [>], [>], [>]
Wilson, James, [>]
wolf domestication, [>], [>], [>]
word recall, [>], [>]
World Health Organization (WHO), [>], [>]
World War II
Ashkenazi Jews and, [>], [>]
Nazi Germany, [>]–[>], [>]
“wrongful-birth” lawsuits, [>]–[>], [>]
X chromosomes
monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and, [>]–[>], [>]
mutations linked to, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] n
XXX females, [>], [>]
XXY males, [>], [>]
XY individuals, [>]–[>], [>] n
XYY males, [>]
Y chromosomes, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Yemenite Jews, tests for conditions found in, [>]
Yeshiva University, [>]–[>], [>] n
About the Author
MASHA GESSEN is a journalist who has written for Slate, Seed, the New Republic, the New York Times, and other publications, and is the author of two previous books. She lives in Moscow.