Genes in Development: Re-reading the Molecular Paradigm

by Eva M. Neumann-Held

In light of scientific advances such as genomics, predictive diagnostics, genetically engineered agriculture, nuclear transfer cloning, and the manipulation of stem cells, the idea that genes carry predetermined molecular programs or blueprints is pervasive. Yet new scientific discoveries--such as rna transcripts of single genes that can lead to the production of different compounds from the same pieces of dna--challenge the concept of the gene alone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822336677
• ISBN13: 9780822336679
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"