DNA : promise and peril /
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Author / Creator: | McCabe, Linda L., 1947- |
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Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 339 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11192934 |
Table of Contents:
- DNA sequence does not equal destiny
- What is genomics?
- Genetic determinism
- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology
- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes
- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy
- Genome-based forensics
- When genes belong to groups and not individuals
- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests
- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right
- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies?
- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans?
- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine
- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled?
- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine
- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.