Genomes and What to Make of Them

Name: Genomes and What to Make of Them
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ISBN: 9780226172958

ISBN-10: 0226172953

ISBN-13: 9780226172958

Edition: 2008

Authors: Barry Barnes, John Dupre, John Duprï¿½

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A clear and lively account of the genomic revolution and its promise, this book opens with a brief history of the science of genetics and from there delves into the use of genomics in determining evolutionary paths and what it can tell us about where we have come from, and where we are going.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Barry Barnes is a professor at Nova Southeastern University in Florida.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



By Way of Background


Inherited Traits


Inherited Molecules


Practices and Techniques



Genes, Genomes, and Molecular Genetics


Genes and DNA


DNA


Genetic Knowledges and Their Distribution



Genomes


What Are Genomes?


The Strange Case of the Epigenome


New Similarities and New Differences


Reducing Complexity



Genomics and Evolution


Classification


Evolution


Metagenomics



Genomics and Problems of Explanation


Astrological Genetics and Explanatory Genetics


Heritability


Astrological Genomics


Beyond Astrology



Genomics as Power


Accumulating Powers


Genomics and Social Powers


Resisting Genomic Powers


Arguments and Institutions



Natural Order and Human Dignity


The Order of Things


Dignity


Human Genomes and the Order of Things


Human Genomes and the Dignity of Human Life


Arguments and Institutions Again



Conclusions


Genomics as Power Again


Accounting for Exceptionalism


Life without Essences: Reduction as Emancipation


Bibliography


Index