Mutating concepts, evolving disciplines : genetics, medicine, and society / edited by Lisa S. Parker and Rachel A. Ankeny.

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002], ©2002.

ix, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Classical gene / Garland E. Allen -- Dissolving dominance / Douglas Allchin -- Flies, genes, and brains / Manfred D. Laubichler and Sahotra Sarkar -- From reproductive responsibility to reproductive autonomy / Diane Paul -- Understanding genetic causation and its implications for ethical issues concerning medical genetics / Fred Gifford -- Reduction reconceptualized / Rachel A. Ankeny -- Scylla and Charybdis / Joseph L. Graves, Jr. -- Behavior as affliction / Helen E. Longino -- Morality of prenatal testing and selective abortion / Licia Carlson -- Meliorism at the millennium / Anita Silvers -- Personal identity and the moral appraisal of prenatal therapy / David Wasserman -- Conceptual and moral problems of genetic and non-genetic preventive interventions / Paul K. J. Han -- Unraveling the codes / John H. Robinson and Roberta M. Berry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.