| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 368 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The mismeasure of the gene / Ruth Hubbard -- Evolution is not mainly a matter of genes / Stuart Newman -- Genes as difference makers / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Big B, little b : myth #1 is that Mendelian genes actually exist / David S. Moore -- The myth of the machine organism / Stephen L. Talbott -- Some problems with genetic horoscopes / Eva Jablonka -- Cancer genes : the vestigial remains of a fallen theory / Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana M. Soto -- The fruitless search for genes in psychiatry and psychology : time to reexamine a paradigm / Jay Joseph and Carl Ratner -- Assessing genes as causes of human disease in a multi-causal world / Carl Cranor -- Autism : from static genetic brain defect to dynamic gene-environment-modulated pathophysiology / Martha Herbert -- The prospects of personalized medicine / David Jones -- The persistent influence of failed scientific ideas / Jon Beckwith -- Map your own genes! the DNA experience / Susan Lindee -- Creating a "better baby" : the role of genetics in contemporary reproductive practices / Shirley Shalev -- Forensic DNA evidence : the myth of infallibility / William C. Thompson -- Nurturing nature : how parental care changes genes / Mae-Wan Ho. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Genetics.
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Genetics. |
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Genomics.
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Genomics. |
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Genetic Phenomena. |
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Genetic Determinism. |
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Interdisciplinary Communication. |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Krimsky, Sheldon.
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Gruber, Jeremy.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Genetic explanations. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674064461 (DLC) 2012005988 (OCoLC)777002264 |
| ISBN |
9780674067769 (electronic book) |
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0674067762 (electronic book) |
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9780674064461 |
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0674064461 |
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