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Title

The impact of the gene : from Mendel's peas to designer babies / Colin Tudge.

Author

Tudge, Colin

Publication

New York : Hill and Wang, 2001.

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Details

Description

375 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"The science of genetics holds the key to an enhanced understanding of the human makeup and allows for new ways of approaching such issues as the prevention of hereditary diseases and the effective conservation of endangered species. But genetic technologies are also instruments of tremendous power, and with this constantly expanding knowledge comes the responsibility of using it wisely. Cloning, genetically engineered crops, the research and results of the Human Genome Project, and the possibility of "designer babies" continue to force challenging choices on society. In The Impact of the Gene Colin Tudge provides new insights into the ethics of modern genetics and raises the question of what criteria we must use with regard to this extraordinary and unprecedented power."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Genetics
• Popular works
• Genetics > Popular works
• Popular Work

Genre/Form

• Popular Work
• Popular works
• Popular works.

Note

• Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-357) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The future of humankind and the legacy of Mendel -- The peasant and the scientist -- Breeders, scientists, and philosophers -- From Mendel to molecules -- What genes are and how they work -- Mendel and Darwin: Neo-Darwinism and the selfish gene -- Genes for behavior: evolutionary psychology and the nature of human nature -- Genes rearranged and genes conserved -- The shaping of homo sapiens.

ISBN

0374175233 (hc. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00067306^

OCLC

• 45460920
• SCSB-10174985

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library