Genetic Explanations : : Sense and Nonsense /

Genetic Explanations : : Sense and Nonsense / / Sheldon Krimsky, Jeremy Gruber.

Can genes determine which fifty-year-old will succumb to Alzheimer's, which citizen will turn out on voting day, and which child will be marked for a life of crime? Yes, according to the Internet, a few scientific studies, and some in the biotechnology industry who should know better. Sheldon K...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
VerfasserIn:
Krimsky, Sheldon,
Gruber, Jeremy,
MitwirkendeR:
BECKWITH, JONATHAN,
CRANOR, CARL F.,
GRUBER, JEREMY,
HERBERT, MARTHA R.,
HO, MAE - WAN,
HUBBARD, RUTH,
JABLONKA, EVA,
JONES, DAVID,
JOSEPH, JAY,
KELLER, EVELYN FOX,
KRIMSKY, SHELDON,
LINDEE, SUSAN,
Lewontin, Richard,
MOORE, DAVID S.,
NEWMAN, STUART A.,
RATNER, CARL,
SHALEV, SHIRLEY,
SONNENSCHEIN, CARLOS,
SOTO, ANA M.,
TALBOTT, STEPHEN L.,
THOMPSON, WILLIAM C.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2012
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.) :; 2 graphs, 4 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Evolving Narratives of Genetic Explanation across Disciplines
  • PART ONE: New Understanding of Genetic Science
  • 1 The Mismea sure of the Gene
  • 2 Evolution Is Not Mainly a Matter of Genes
  • 3 Genes as Difference Makers
  • 4 Big B, Little b
  • 5 The Myth of the Machine- Organism
  • PART TWO: Medical Genetics
  • 6 Some Problems with Genetic Horoscopes
  • 7 Cancer Genes
  • 8 The Fruitless Search for Genes in Psychiatry and Psychology
  • 9 Assessing Genes as Causes of Human Disease in a Multicausal World
  • 10 Autism
  • 11 The Prospects of Personalized Medicine
  • PART THREE: Genetics in Human Behavior and Culture
  • 12 The Persistent Influence of Failed Scientific Ideas
  • 13 Map Your Own Genes!
  • 14 Creating a "Better Baby"
  • 15 Forensic DNA Evidence
  • 16 Nurturing Nature
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Readings
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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