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Genetics. --- Genes. --- DNA --- Genetic Phenomena. --- Genome. --- Proteins --- RNA --- genetics. --- Genetic Processes. --- Gènes --- Gènes --- Genetics --- Genes --- Génétique --- Genetic Phenomena --- Genome --- genetics

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Can genes determine which fifty-year-old will succumb to Alzheimer's, which citizen will turn out on voting day, and which child will be marked for a life of crime? Yes, according to the Internet, a few scientific studies, and some in the biotechnology industry who should know better. Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber gather a team of genetic experts to argue that treating genes as the holy grail of our physical being is a patently unscientific endeavor. Genetic Explanations urges us to replace our faith in genetic determinism with scientific knowledge about how DNA actually contributes to human development. The concept of the gene has been steadily revised since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. No longer viewed by scientists as the cell's fixed set of master molecules, genes and DNA are seen as a dynamic script that is ad-libbed at each stage of development. Rather than an autonomous predictor of disease, 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. Emphasizing relatively new understandings of genetic plasticity and epigenetic inheritance, the authors put into a broad developmental context the role genes are known to play in disease, behavior, evolution, and cognition. Rather than dismissing genetic reductionism out of hand, Krimsky and Gruber ask why it persists despite opposing scientific evidence, how it influences attitudes about human behavior, and how it figures in the politics of research funding.

Genetics. --- Biology --- Embryology --- Mendel's law --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Breeding --- Chromosomes --- Heredity --- Mutation (Biology) --- Variation (Biology) --- Genetic Determinism. --- Genetic Phenomena. --- Interdisciplinary Communication.

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The Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. Edited by a distinguished team of evolutionary biologists, with contributions from leading researchers, the guide contains some 100 clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics in seven major areas: phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolutionary processes; genes, genomes, and phenotypes; speciation and macroevolution; evolution of behavior, society, and humans; and evolution and modern society. Complete with more than 100 illustrations (including eight pages in color), glossaries of key terms, suggestions for further reading on each topic, and an index, this is an essential volume for undergraduate and graduate students, scientists in related fields, and anyone else with a serious interest in evolution. Explains key topics in some 100 concise and authoritative articles written by a team of leading evolutionary biologists Contains more than 100 illustrations, including eight pages in color Each article includes an outline, glossary, bibliography, and cross-references Covers phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolutionary processes; genes, genomes, and phenotypes; speciation and macroevolution; evolution of behavior, society, and humans; and evolution and modern society.

Evolution. Phylogeny --- Evolution (Biology) --- Evolution (Biologie) --- Évolution (biologie) --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Evolution --- 57 <03> --- Biological sciences in general--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Genetics. --- Biological Evolution --- Evolution, Biological --- Sociobiology --- Genetic Structures --- Genetic Phenomena --- Évolution (biologie)

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Human genetics --- Reproduction. --- Bioethical Issues. --- Genetic Phenomena. --- Human genetics. --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Genetic Concepts --- Genetic Phenomenon --- Genetic Process --- Genetic Processes --- Concept, Genetic --- Concepts, Genetic --- Genetic Concept --- Phenomena, Genetic --- Phenomenon, Genetic --- Process, Genetic --- Processes, Genetic --- Molecular Biology --- Bioethical Issue --- Issue, Bioethical --- Issues, Bioethical --- Euthanasia --- Human Experimentation --- Patient Rights --- Animal Experimentation --- Human Reproductive Index --- Human Reproductive Indexes --- Reproductive Period --- Human Reproductive Indices --- Index, Human Reproductive --- Indexes, Human Reproductive --- Indices, Human Reproductive --- Period, Reproductive --- Periods, Reproductive --- Reproductive Index, Human --- Reproductive Indices, Human --- Reproductive Periods --- Bioethics. --- Genetics. --- Genetic Structures --- Genetic Phenomena --- Biomedical Ethics --- Health Care Ethics --- Ethics, Biomedical --- Ethics, Health Care --- Ethics, Medical --- Ethicists --- Reproduction --- Bioethics --- Génétique humaine --- Bioéthique. --- Aspect moral --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science

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Written by James R. Flynn of the ""Flynn effect"" (the sustained and substantial increase in intelligence test scores across the world over many decades), Intelligence and Human Progress examines genes and human achievement in all aspects, including what genes allow and forbid in terms of personal life history, the cognitive progress of humanity, the moral progress of humanity, and the cross-fertilization of the two. This book presents a new method for weighing family influences versus genes in the cognitive abilities of individuals, and counters the arguments of those who dis

Genes. --- Human information processing. --- Medicine. --- Human genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Intellect --- Intelligence levels --- Biology --- Biological Evolution --- Personality --- Genetic Processes --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Genetic Phenomena --- Biological Processes --- Biological Phenomena --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Phenomena and Processes --- Evolution, Molecular --- Heredity --- Intelligence --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Genetics --- History --- Social aspects --- Behavior genetics. --- Human genetics. --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Behavior genetic analysis --- Behavioral genetics --- Human behavior genetics --- Psychogenetics --- Psychology --- Heredity, Human. --- History. --- Social aspects.