Compelling essays on understanding the interplay of genes in society.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 576.5/3
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Papers previously presented at the 2007 Fall Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada, under the auspices of the Social Sciences Academy, Academy II Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780773586543 9780773537804
- LCCN
- QH438.5
- LCCN Item number
- R69 2011eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xx, 319 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00230010 (OCoLC)805829817 (CaOOCEL)444076
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Preface and Acknowledgments 8
- Contributors 12
- Introduction 14
- The Changing Boundaries of Genes and Social Environment in Perspective: An Overview 24
- SECTION ONE – GENES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS 70
- Special Challenges of Complex Behavioural Traits: Gene Discovery and Applications 72
- Personality Genetics 99
- Gene x Stress Interactions: An Integrative Perspective 120
- SECTION TWO – SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES CHALLENGING GENES AND ENVIRONMENT INTERPLAYS 148
- Gene-Environment Interaction: The Gulf Between What We Know and What We Do 150
- Public Representations of Genetics: Reifying Race? 179
- An Interaction of Genes in Our Social Environment: Genetic Discrimination Among Persons at Risk for Huntington Disease 203
- SECTION THREE – INTERACTIVE MODELS OF GENES AND ENVIRONMENT INTERPLAYS: SOME EXAMPLES AND OBSERVATIONS 226
- From Social Learning Research to Experimental Epigenetic Research on Antisocial Behaviour Development: The Case of Physical Aggression 228
- Overcoming Health Disparities: The Power of a Transdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression 246
- Learning to Live Again with Uncertainty: Social Repercussions of Molecular Genomics 270
- Conclusion 308
- Index 330
- A 330
- B 330
- C 331
- D 332
- E 332
- F 332
- G 333
- H 334
- I 335
- J 335
- K 335
- L 335
- M 336
- N 336
- O 337
- P 337
- Q 338
- R 338
- S 339
- T 340
- V 340
- W 340
- X 340
- Y 340
- Z 340
