| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- One. The Doctrines of Biological Science -- Two. Geneses -- Three. Genetic Maladies -- Four. Genetic Beneficence -- Five. Strategies of the Genes -- Six. Genetic Sovereignty -- Seven. New Lords of Our Genes? -- Eight. Meaning -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
They mastermind our lives, shaping our features, our health, and our behavior, even in the sacrosanct realms of love and sex, religion, aging, and death. Yet we are the ones who house, perpetuate, and give the promise of immortality to these biological agents, our genetic gods. The link between genes and gods is hardly arbitrary, as the distinguished evolutionary geneticist John Avise reveals in this book. In clear, straight-forward terms, Avise reviews recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary genetics, and human genetic engineering, and discusses the relevance of these findings to issues of ultimate concern traditionally reserved for mythology, theology, and religious faith |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Genetics -- Popular works
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Evolutionary genetics -- Popular works
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Evolution (Biology)
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Biological Evolution
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Genetics
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evolution.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolutionary genetics
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Genetics
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Evolution
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Gentechnologie
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Biogenese
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Genen.
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Genetica.
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Religieuze aspecten.
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Evolutie.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98003255 |
| ISBN |
9780674020351 |
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0674020359 |
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0674005333 |
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9780674005334 |
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