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Making sense of genes / Kostas Kampourakis, University of Geneva.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kampourakis, Kostas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genes.
- Genetic Phenomena.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetic Phenomena.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 307 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Prolegomena : genes, science, and science fiction
- Mendel and the origins of the gene concept
- The genes of classical genetics
- The molecularization of genes
- So, what are genes?
- Genes for (almost) everything
- Are there genes for characters?
- Are there genes for diseases?
- So, what do genes do?
- Genes are implicated in the development of characters
- Genes account for variation in characters
- Genomes are more than the sum of genes
- Limitations in the study of genomes
- Concluding remarks : how to think and talk about genes?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781316422939
- 1316422933
- Publisher Number:
- 99973096251
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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