Genethics : the ethics of engineering life /

Suzuki, David T., 1936-,

Genethics : the ethics of engineering life / [print] David Suzuki and Peter Knudtson. - revisedition. edition. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)1990. - 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.



legacy of genes -- Dance of the genes -- dances of the chromosomes -- Darwinian dance: genes in populations -- Recombinant DNA: the new choreography -- Blaming crime on chromosomes: the mystery of the man with too many Ys -- Genetic screening in the workplace: privacy and the human genomes -- Biological weapons: a dark side of the new genetics -- Environmental damage to DNA: developing a sensitivity to the sufferings of genes -- Crossing genetic boundaries: the curious case of the Crow Gall bacterium -- Maize: in praise of genetic diversity -- Maps and dreams: deciphering the human genome -- Searching for a new mythology .



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Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Bioethics.

QH438 QH438.K74.G464 1990