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DNA [electronic resource] : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick.

By: McCabe, Linda L.
Contributor(s): McCabe, Edward R. B | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008Description: xv, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects | Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 616/.042 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index.

DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.