Challenging Genetic Determinism
New Perspectives on the Gene in Its Multiple Environments
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Erschienen am 23. August 2011
344 Seiten
978-0-7735-8654-3 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Compelling essays on understanding the interplay of genes in society.
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Louis Maheu is an emeritus professor of sociology at Université de Montréal. Roderick A. Macdonald is F.R. Scott Professor of Constitutional and Public Law at McGill University.
Inhalt
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- The Changing Boundaries of Genes and Social Environment in Perspective: An Overview
- SECTION ONE - GENES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS
- Special Challenges of Complex Behavioural Traits: Gene Discovery and Applications
- Personality Genetics
- Gene x Stress Interactions: An Integrative Perspective
- SECTION TWO - SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES CHALLENGING GENES AND ENVIRONMENT INTERPLAYS
- Gene-Environment Interaction: The Gulf Between What We Know and What We Do
- Public Representations of Genetics: Reifying Race?
- An Interaction of Genes in Our Social Environment: Genetic Discrimination Among Persons at Risk for Huntington Disease
- SECTION THREE - INTERACTIVE MODELS OF GENES AND ENVIRONMENT INTERPLAYS: SOME EXAMPLES AND OBSERVATIONS
- From Social Learning Research to Experimental Epigenetic Research on Antisocial Behaviour Development: The Case of Physical Aggression
- Overcoming Health Disparities: The Power of a Transdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression
- Learning to Live Again with Uncertainty: Social Repercussions of Molecular Genomics
- Conclusion
- Index
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