The genetic gods : evolution and belief in human affairs

The genetic gods : evolution and belief in human affairs / John C. Avise.

They mastermind our lives, shaping our features, our health, and our behavior, even in the sacrosanct realms of love and sex, religion, aging, and death. Yet we are the ones who house, perpetuate, and give the promise of immortality to these biological agents, our genetic gods. The link between gene...

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Main Author: Avise, John C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Genetics > Popular works.
Evolutionary genetics > Popular works.
Evolution (Biology)
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Genetics & Genomics.
Evolutionary genetics
Genetics
Evolution
Gentechnologie
Biogenese
Genen.
Genetica.
Religieuze aspecten.
Evolutie.
Popular works
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • One. The Doctrines of Biological Science
  • Two. Geneses
  • Three. Genetic Maladies
  • Four. Genetic Beneficence
  • Five. Strategies of the Genes
  • Six. Genetic Sovereignty
  • Seven. New Lords of Our Genes?
  • Eight. Meaning
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index

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