This book shows how a predisposition to behave in certain ways is influenced at a molecular level by particular genes. Yet a far greater influence on our behaviours is our world-views that lie beyond science - and that have an impact on how we think the latest genetic discoveries should, or should not, be applied.
This book shows how a predisposition to behave in certain ways is influenced at a molecular level by particular genes. Yet a far greater influence on our behaviours is our world-views that lie beyond science - and that have an impact on how we think the latest genetic discoveries should, or should not, be applied.
Denis Alexander is the Founding Director (Emeritus) of The Faraday Institute and Emeritus Fellow of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge. The former chair of the Molecular Immunology Programme at The Babraham Institute in Cambridge, he helped to establish the National Unit of Human Genetics at the American University Hospital in Beirut. Lebanon. He is the author of Genes, Determinism, and God (2017).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Preface 1. Genetic Confusion 2. Genetic Information and How It Flows 3. Genes and Environments in Human Development 4. What is Behavioural Genetics? 5. Genes and Mental Health 6. Genes, Education and Intelligence 7. Genes, Personality and Personality Disorders 8. Genes, Food, Exercise, Fat and Thin 9. Genes, Religiosity and Political Commitment 10. Gay Genes? Genetics and Sexual Orientation 11. Are We Slaves to our Genes? 12. Genes and Human Identity Endnotes Definitions of Technical Terms Bibliography Index.
List of Figures Preface 1. Genetic Confusion 2. Genetic Information and How It Flows 3. Genes and Environments in Human Development 4. What is Behavioural Genetics? 5. Genes and Mental Health 6. Genes, Education and Intelligence 7. Genes, Personality and Personality Disorders 8. Genes, Food, Exercise, Fat and Thin 9. Genes, Religiosity and Political Commitment 10. Gay Genes? Genetics and Sexual Orientation 11. Are We Slaves to our Genes? 12. Genes and Human Identity Endnotes Definitions of Technical Terms Bibliography Index.
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