Genetic explanations : sense and nonsense / edited by Sheldon Krimsky, Jeremy Gruber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krimsky, Sheldon.

Gruber, Jeremy.

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 368 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

827947198

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.