Nature after the genome / edited by Sarah Parry and John Dupré.
- Date:
- 2010
- Books
About this work
Description
"Nature after the Genome features a series of case studies that explore the relationship between developments in genomic technologies and our knowledge and understanding of nature. Features the latest research and empirical data on social science relating to genomic technologies. Represents a multidisciplinary approach to the topic. Addresses controversial questions raised by genome research and our understanding of nature."-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell : Sociological Review, 2010.
Physical description
232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Part 1. Introduction. Introducing nature after the genome / Sarah Parry and John Dupré -- Part 2. Classifying biological entities : epistemologies of life. The polygenomic organism / John Dupré -- Defining stem cells? Scientists and their classifications of nature / Nicola J. Marks -- Part 3. (Re)modelling nature. Captivating behavior : mouse models, experimental genetics and reductionist returns in the neurosciences / Gail Davies -- Getting bigger : children's bodies, genes and environments / Karen Throsby and Celia Roberts -- Part 4. Novelty and/in nature? Synthetic biology : constructing nature? / Jane Calvert -- Interspecies entities and the politics of nature / Sarah Parry -- Part 5. Public natures. Drawing bright lines : food and the futures of biopharming / Richard Milne -- Barcoding nature : strategic naturalization as innovatory practice in the genomic ordering of things / Claire Waterton -- Part 6. Theorizing nature through genomics. Genomic natures read through posthumanisms / Richard Twine -- Life times / Tim Newton -- Afterword / Barry Barnes.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionQU58.5 2010N28Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781444333961
- 1444333968