Challenging Genetic Determinism
：New Perspectives on the Gene in Its Multiple Environments
Publication subTitle ：New Perspectives on the Gene in Its Multiple Environments
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 2011
E-ISBN: 9780773586543
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773537804
Subject： C0 Social Science Theory and Methodology
Keyword： 社会科学理论与方法论
Language： ENG
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Description
Advances in genetic research have captured the attention of the media and the public through reports about genetically caused diseases and behaviours. However, all too often the coverage of scientists' innovations has implied that genetic factors alone are responsible for effects ranging from personality and sexual preferences to morbid obesity and intellectual disabilities. Challenging Genetic Determinism argues that hypotheses cannot be based solely on genetic factors but must take into account the context in which these factors occur.