عنوان

Genetic explanations

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9780674064461 )alk. paper(

Title Proper

Genetic explanations

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 368 pages : illustrations

Text of Note

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 -- Help for autistics : the shifting roles of genetics, complexity, and judgment / 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 -- The myth of the perfect baby / Shirley Shalev -- The potential fallibility of forensic DNA evidence / William Thompson -- Nurturing nature : how parental care changes genes / Mae-Wan Ho.

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Includes bibliographical references )pages 352-354( and index.

Variant Title

sense and nonsense

Entry Element

Genetic Phenomena

Entry Element

Genetic Determinism

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Interdisciplinary Communication

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Krimsky, Sheldon

Gruber, Jeremy

English Book