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Making Sense of Genes

Making Sense of Genes

9781107128132
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What are genes? What do genes do? These seemingly simple questions are in fact challenging to answer accurately. As a result, there are widespread misunderstandings and over-simplistic answers, which lead to common conceptions widely portrayed in the media, such as the existence of a gene for a particular characteristic or disease. In reality, the DNA we inherit interacts continuously with the environment and functions differently as we age. What our parents hand down to us is just the beginning of our life story. This comprehensive book analyses and explains the gene concept, combining philosophical, historical, psychological and educational perspectives with current research in genetics and genomics. It summarises what we currently know and do not know about genes and the potential impact of genetics on all our lives. Making Sense of Genes is an accessible but rigorous introduction to contemporary genetics concepts for non-experts, undergraduate students, teachers and healthcare professionals.
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Cambridge University Press
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9781107128132
9781107128132

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Publication date
2017
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
314
Dimensions (mm)
158.00 x 235.00
Weight (g)
630
  • Acknowledgments; Prolegomena:: genes, science and science fiction; 1. Mendel and the origins of the gene concept; 2. The genes of classical genetics; 3. The molecularization of genes; 4. So, what are genes?; 5. Genes for (almost) everything; 6. Are there genes for characters?; 7. Are there genes for diseases?; 8. So, what do genes do?; 9. Genes are implicated in the development of characters; 10. Genes account for variation in characters; 11. Genomes are more than the sum of genes; 12. Limitations in the study of genomes; Concluding remarks:: how to think and talk about genes?; Further reading; References; Glossary.
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