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

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 368 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Autism : from static genetic brain defect to dynamic gene-environment-modulated pathophysiology / 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 -- Creating a "better baby" : the role of genetics in contemporary reproductive practices / Shirley Shalev -- Forensic DNA evidence : the myth of infallibility / William C. Thompson -- Nurturing nature : how parental care changes genes / Mae-Wan Ho.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Genetics.
	Genomics.
	Genetic Phenomena.
	Genetic Determinism.
	Interdisciplinary Communication.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Genetic.
	MEDICAL -- Genetics.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
	Genetics. (OCoLC)fst00940117
	Genomics. (OCoLC)fst00940228
	Genetics.
Indexed Term	Multi-User.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Krimsky, Sheldon.
	Gruber, Jeremy.
Other Form:	Print version: Genetic explanations. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674064461 (DLC) 2012005988 (OCoLC)777002264
ISBN	9780674067769 (electronic bk.)
	0674067762 (electronic bk.)

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