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DNA : Promise and Peril.
Offers background information for understanding how genetics affects our lives. This book presents a view of various discoveries and explores the ethical, legal, and social issues with each development.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Foreword by Victor A. McKusick; Acknowledgments; 1. DNA Sequence Does Not Equal Destiny; 2. What Is Genomics?; 3. Genetic Determinism; 4. The Evolution and Deconstruction of Human-Centered Biology; 5. Race and Ethnicity: Your History Is Written in Your Genes; 6. Gender as a Spectrum, Not a Dichotomy; 7. Genome-Based Forensics; 8. When Genes Belong to Groups and Not Individuals; 9. Genes as Commodities: Ownership of Genes by Business Interests; 10. Protection against Genetic Discrimination: The New Civil Right; 11. Reproductive Technologies: On the Road to Designer Babies?
- 12. Reproductive Cloning: From Farm Animals to Pets to Humans?13. Therapeutic Cloning and Regenerative Medicine; 14. Gene Therapy: Can the Promise Be FulWlled?; 15. Large Population Assessments: The Foundation for Genomic Medicine; 16. Hidden Destiny: Unbounded by Your DNA; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.