Understanding Genes

by Kostas Kampourakis

Book Overview

What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prevalent and are taken for granted. This book aims to explain the origin of the gene concept, its various meanings both within and outside science, as well as to debunk the intuitive view of the existence of 'genes for' characteristics and disease. Drawing on contemporary research in genetics and genomics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108812821
• ISBN13: 9781108812825
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 7.2"