Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology After the Genome - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0822359227 ISBN 13 : 9780822359227

Editeur : Duke University Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Ten years after the Human Genome Project's completion the life sciences stand in a moment of uncertainty, transition, and contestation. The postgenomic era has seen rapid shifts in research methodology, funding, scientific labor, and disciplinary structures. Postgenomics is transforming our understanding of disease and health, our environment, and the categories of race, class, and gender. At the same time, the gene retains its centrality and power in biological and popular discourse. The contributors to "Postgenomics" analyze these ruptures and continuities and place them in historical, social, and political context. Postgenomics, they argue, forces a rethinking of the genome itself, and opens new territory for conversations between the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences. Contributors. Russ Altman, Rachel A. Ankeny, Catherine Bliss, John DuprE, Michael Fortun, Evelyn Fox Keller, Sabina Leonelli, Adrian Mackenzie, Margot Moinester, Aaron Panofsky, Sarah S. Richardson, Sara Shostak, Hallam Stevens

Revue de presse :

""Postgenomics" is a brilliant collection of lucid and accessible essays, and a go-to volume for anyone who wants to catch up on what has been happening in contemporary biology and science studies. Illuminating changes in the concepts of gene, genetics, genomics, postgenomics, and epigenomics--and covering everything from cancer biology, affect, and big data curation practices to behavior genetics, machine-learning infrastructure, and feminist critique--"Postgenomics" may change the way you think." --Michael M. J. Fischer, author of"Anthropological Futures"

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Duke University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0822359227
• ISBN 13: 9780822359227
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304