Genetic Destinies

Peter Little

266 pages, parution le 22/03/2002

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Résumé

Topical: the future prospects of genetics in medicine are on the news almost every day
Leads the reader to the very edge of gene science
Guides the reader through complex science in clear accessible language and focuses upon central issues
Describes dream and nightmare scenarios for our genetic future and then explains the real possibilities
Central message: genes are partners in our lives, not masters - our genetic destinies still lie in our own hands

Genetic Destinies uses simple non-technical language to discuss the very edge of the knowledge that we have of genes. With this, we confront the fears that we have of gene science and understand the basis of our individual lives: our Genetic Destinies are in our hands as well as those of our genes.

Contents

1 Genes, dreams and nightmares
2 Why are we all different human beings?
3 A hundred thousand reasons for being different
4 Where do all the differences come from?
5 Differences, genes, and lives
6 Genes and the mind
7 Genes and personalities
8 Intelligence and the four-way tangle
9 Can we alter our inheritance?
10 Dreams and nightmares revisited
11 So what are you afraid of now?

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Peter Little
Parution	22/03/2002
Nb. de pages	266
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	572g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198504542
ISBN13	978-0-19-850454-2