Understanding Genes

Author: Kostas Kampourakis (Universite de Geneve) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 230 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...Read more