Challenging Genetic Determinism

New Perspectives on the Gene in Its Multiple Environments

Louis Maheu, Roderick A. Macdonald (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2011
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-3813-9 (ISBN)

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Compelling essays on understanding the interplay of genes in society.

Advances in genetic research have captured the attention of the media and the public through reports about genetically caused diseases and behaviours. However, all too often the coverage of scientists' innovations has implied that genetic factors alone are responsible for effects ranging from personality and sexual preferences to morbid obesity and intellectual disabilities. Challenging Genetic Determinism argues that hypotheses cannot be based solely on genetic factors but must take into account the context in which these factors occur.

Louis Maheu is an emeritus professor of sociology at Université de Montréal. Roderick A. Macdonald is F.R. Scott Professor of Constitutional and Public Law at McGill University.

Zusatzinfo	3 tables
Verlagsort	Montreal
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7735-3813-5 / 0773538135
ISBN-13	978-0-7735-3813-9 / 9780773538139
Zustand	Neuware