Genetics category: 1528 books
Genetic Testing
Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families...
by Ant Hive Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
This is a Summary of Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi's Super Genes Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-BeingThe authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain present a bold new understanding of our genes and how simple changes in lifestyle can...
Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why
The Science of Sexual Orientation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? Neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay...
Masterminds
Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about...
by Christine Langhoff
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2002
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Biology - Genetics / Gene Technology, grade: 1.1 (A), Oxford University (New College), 14 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Discuss the distribution of genetic diversity found in human and chimpanzee populations by Christine Langhoff...
by John Parrington
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Since the birth of civilisation, human beings have manipulated other life-forms. We have selectively bred plants and animals for thousands of years to maximize agricultural production and cater to our tastes in pets. The observation of the creation of artificial animal and plant variants was a key...
Human Genes and Neoliberal Governance
A Foucauldian Critique
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2007
Original and interdisciplinary, this is the first book to explore the relationship between a neoliberal mode of governance and the so-called genetic revolution.
Looking at the knowledge-power relations in the post-genomic era and addressing the pressing issues of genetic privacy and discrimination...
Aging is a Group-Selected Adaptation
Theory, Evidence, and Medical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Although books exist on the evolution of aging, this is the first book written from the perspective of again as an adaptive program. It offers an insight into the implications of research on aging genetics, The author proposes the Demographic Theory of Senescence, whereby aging has been affirmatively...
The Red Canary
The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Winner of the Consul Cremer Prize, The Red Canary follows the compelling quest to turn the green canary red.
The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new, for in the 1920s an amateur...
by Leo Beukeboom, Nicolas Perrin
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Sex-determination mechanisms are responsible for the sexual fate and development of sexual characteristics in an organism, be it a unicellular...
Standing on the Shoulders of Darwin and Mendel
Early Views of Inheritance
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Standing on the Shoulders of Darwin and Mendel: Early Views of Inheritance explores early theories about the mechanisms of inheritance. Beginning with Charles Darwin's now rejected Gemmule hypothesis, the book documents the reception of Gregor Mendel's work on peas and follows the work of early 20th...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Now in its second edition, Forensic DNA Evidence Interpretation is the most comprehensive resource for DNA casework available today. Written by leaders in the fields of biology and statistics, including a contribution from Peter Gill, the father of DNA analysis, the book emphasizes the interpretation...
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), caused by mutational inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor gene, is one of the most common dominantly inherited human disorders, affecting 1 in 3000 individuals worldwide. This book presents in concise fashion, but as comprehensively as possible, our current state...
Are We Hardwired?
The Role of Genes in Human Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2004
Books such as Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene have aroused fierce controversy by arguing for the powerful influence of genes on human behavior. But are we entirely at the mercy of our chromosomes? In Are We Hardwired?, scientists William R. Clark and Michael Grunstein say the answer is both yes--and...