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Author:   Eva M. Neumann-Held ,  Christoph Rehmann-Sutter
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9780822336679

ISBN 10:   0822336677
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   27 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Eva M. Neumann-Held and Christoph Rehmann-Sutter 1 I. Empirical Approaches 1. Genome Analysis and Developmental Biology: The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model System / Thomas R. Burglin 15 2. Genes and Form: Inherency in the Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms / Stuart A. Newman and Gerd B. Muller 38 II. Looking Back into History 3. From Genes as Determinants to DNA as Resource: Historical Notes on Development and Genetics / Sahotra Sarkar 77 III. Theorizing Genes 4. The Origin of Species: A Structuralist Approach / Gerry Webster and Brian C. Goodwin 99 5. On the Problem of the Molecular versus the Organismic Approach in Biology / Ulrich Wolf 135 6. Genes, Development, and Semiosis / Jesper Hoffmeyer 152 7. The Fearless Vampire Conservator: Philip Kitcher, Genetic Determinism, and the Informational Gene / Paul E. Griffiths 175 8. Genetics from an Evolutionary Process Perspective / James Griesemer 199 9. Genes-Causes-Codes: Deciphering DNA’s Ontological Privilege / Eva M. Newmann-Held 238 10. Boundaries and (Constructive) Interaction / Susan Oyama 272 11. Beyond the Gene but Beneath the Skin / Evelyn Fox Keller 290 12. Poiesis and Praxis: Two Modes of Understanding Development / Christoph Rehmann-Sutter 313 IV. Social and Ethical Implications 13. Developmental Emergence, Genes, and Responsible Science / Brian C. Goodwin 337 14. Nothing Like a Gene / Jackie Leach Scully 349 Contributors 365 Index 369

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Together the essays in Genes in Development give lively voice to many of the current alternatives to genetic reductionism. Well-known figures from the debates of the past two decades are represented alongside a good number of emerging scholars. --Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin The rich scientific knowledge about the genetic basis of life and its complex involvement in the life of individuals and populations is highly relevant to our worldview. Genes in Development helps to bring understandings of the conceptual and philosophical implications of molecular genetics up to date. --Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Basel, Switzerland Genes in Development will become a standard text in the field for both students and scientists at the highest level of research. I also believe it will be a gold mine for science writers and journalists who are the intermediaries between the scientist's laboratories and our lounge rooms. --Rob Harle, Leonardo On-Line

Together the essays in Genes in Development give lively voice to many of the current alternatives to genetic reductionism. Well-known figures from the debates of the past two decades are represented alongside a good number of emerging scholars. --Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin The rich scientific knowledge about the genetic basis of life and its complex involvement in the life of individuals and populations is highly relevant to our worldview. Genes in Development helps to bring understandings of the conceptual and philosophical implications of molecular genetics up to date. --Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Basel, Switzerland Genes in Development will become a standard text in the field for both students and scientists at the highest level of research. I also believe it will be a gold mine for science writers and journalists who are the intermediaries between the scientist's laboratories and our lounge rooms. --Rob Harle, Leonardo On-Line

Author Information

Eva M. Neumann-Held is Research Assistant and Lecturer in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Dortmund in Germany. Christoph Rehmann-Sutter is Assistant Professor for Ethics in Biosciences and Biotechnology at the University of Basel in Switzerland.

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