Dependant Gene

Name: Dependant Gene
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ISBN: 9780805072808

ISBN-10: 0805072802

ISBN-13: 9780805072808

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: David S. Moore

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A masterful guide to human development that redefines the nature versus nurture debate A much-needed antidote to genetic determinism, The Dependent Gene reveals how all traits-even characteristics like eye and hair color-are caused by complex interactions between genes and the environment at every stage of biological and psychological development, from the single fertilized egg to full-grown adulthood. How we understand the nature versus nurture debate directly affects our thoughts about such basic issues as sex and reproduction, parenting, education, and crime, and has an enormous impact on social policy. With life-and-death questions in the balance surrounding stem-cell research,…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 2/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

David S. Moore is a professor of psychology at Pitzer College and at Claremont Graduate University. He received his doctorate in developmental psychology from Harvard University and did his postdoctoral work at the City University of New York.




Where We're Going, Where We've Been


Introduction "Hello Dolly": The Future Is Now



From Aristotle's Wonder to a Fork in the Road: The Wrenching of Genetics from Development



What Galton's Eugenics Has Wrought: Behavior Genetics and Heritability



Listening to Twins: A Critique of Twin Studies



Background Basics



Dependent Genes: Essential Biology and DNA



Running Noses, Smelling Feet: A Primer on Embryology



Brain Basics: Some Revelations of Developmental Neuroscience



Developmental Systems



A Turtle in the Shade: The Development of Sexual Characteristics



The Dutch Hungerwinter and the Cat in the Hat: How Prenatal Environments Affect Our Traits



Chicken Shoes and Monkey Foods: The Not-So-Subtle Effects of Some Very Subtle Postnatal Experiences



Tornadoes, Stars, and Human Beings: The Developmental Systems Perspective



Development and Evolution



The Modern Synthesis: What Mother Nature Selects



Legacies: How We Get Our Environments



On Big Muscles and Facial Hair: Reconsidering "Inherited," "Acquired," and "Innate"



The Fetal Ape: Consequences of Integrating Development and Evolution



Implications



When Cows Fly: The Full-Blown Demise of Genetic Determinism



Budging the Bell Curve: Implications for Education



Finding the Cost of Freedom: Complexity and Responsibility



Medical Marvels: Implications for Genetic and Environmental Therapies



Owning Cloning: Implications for New Reproductive Technologies


Epilogue: In the Beginning


Acknowledgments


Notes


References


Index