Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-294) and index
Beschreibung:
Prolegomena : genes, science, and science fiction -- Mendel and the origins of the gene concept -- The genes of classical genetics -- The molecularization of genes -- So, what are genes? -- Genes for (almost) everything -- Are there genes for characters? -- Are there genes for diseases? -- So, what do genes do? -- Genes are implicated in the development of characters -- Genes account for variation in characters -- Genomes are more than the sum of genes -- Limitations in the study of genomes -- Concluding remarks : how to think and talk about genes?