Understanding the role of genes in human behavior will impact both medicine and society, but not always in the manner expected. Knowledge about behavioral genes can be used for the good, for example by improving psychiatric diagnoses, developing new drugs to treat mental illnesses, and dispelling ...
Such a power to reshape and modify the human condition raises fundamental questions that touch upon the central core of morality. One of these questions is distributive justice. Will all people have equal access to the beneficial effects of genetic technology in general and medical genetics in ...
The preface provides a wonderful synopsis of human genetics. The information contained in this text serves as a concise review for those with a genetics ... CO Carter - 《Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine》 被引量: 1640发表: 1994年 Genetics and Education This book is organized in...
2f). Such low use is partly due to recent emergence of most genetic evidence (Extended Data Figs. 2f,g and 7a), as drug programmes prospectively supported by human genetics have had a mean lag time from genetic association of 13 years to first trial21 and 21 years to approval9. ...
byMax Planck Society The Khoisan, ethnic groups in Southern Africa, traditionally live as a hunterers and gatherers. Scientists have long thought that the rate with which mutations occur in the genome does not depend on cultural factors. The results of a current study suggest this may not be ...
The methods of DNA molecular marker open up broad prospects for the studies of plant pathology. It is suggested to focus our attention on the molecular markers of plant disease resistance genes in China in the near future. 展开 关键词: fungal plant disease molecular marker genetics of pathogen ...
An official journal of the Genetics Society, Heredity publishes high-quality articles describing original research and theoretical insights in all areas of genetics. Research papers are complimented by News & Commentary articles and reviews, keeping researchers and students abreast of hot topics in the ...
of them is exempt-must change before the coming rush of facts.” The way genetics impacted on plant breeding turned out to depend upon the mating system of the crop species, as might have been anticipated from Darwin’s book of 1876 onThe Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the ...
6 The basis of this argument is that common complex diseases such as cancers and cardiovascular disease result from interactions between many low-penetrant genes and environ- mental factors that limit the ability to test individuals for ge- From the 1Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention, ...
Human Genetics: Ethical Issues and Social Impact 来自 Wiley 喜欢 0 阅读量: 34 作者:Sharpe,F Neil,Carter,R Frederick 摘要: Although genetic testing provides information that gives some degree of control over a potentially devastating situation, restrictive test licensing and prohibitively expensive fees...