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Making sense of genes / Kostas Kampourakis, University of Geneva.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: UK: Cambridge University Press; 2017.Description: x, 307 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781107128132 (hardback)
  • 1107128137 (hardback)
  • 9781107567498 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.8/6 KAM
Contents:
Prolegomena : genes, science, and science fiction -- Mendel and the origins of the gene concept -- The genes of classical genetics -- The molecularization of genes -- So, what are genes? -- Genes for (almost) everything -- Are there genes for characters? -- Are there genes for diseases? -- So, what do genes do? -- Genes are implicated in the development of characters -- Genes account for variation in characters -- Genomes are more than the sum of genes -- Limitations in the study of genomes -- Concluding remarks : how to think and talk about genes?.
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Book Book Dept. of Bio-Technology General Stacks Dept. of Bio-Technology 572.8/6 KAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BTY2839

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-294) and index.

Prolegomena : genes, science, and science fiction -- Mendel and the origins of the gene concept -- The genes of classical genetics -- The molecularization of genes -- So, what are genes? -- Genes for (almost) everything -- Are there genes for characters? -- Are there genes for diseases? -- So, what do genes do? -- Genes are implicated in the development of characters -- Genes account for variation in characters -- Genomes are more than the sum of genes -- Limitations in the study of genomes -- Concluding remarks : how to think and talk about genes?.

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