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Genetic explanations : sense and nonsense /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Krimsky, Sheldon, Gruber, Jeremy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Genetics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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
  • 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.