DNA [electronic resource] : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008Description: 1 online resource (xv, 339 p.) : illISBN: - 9781435653665 (electronic bk.)
- 1435653661 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | RB155 .M33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000056259 |
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index
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
Mode of access: Internet