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

Author/creator Kampourakis, Kostas author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionx, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016052788
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