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Autor/in | Zallen, Doris T. |
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Titel | Confronting Science: The Dilemma of Genetic Testing. |
Quelle | In: Humanities, 18 (1997) 2, S.34-38 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0018-7526 |
Schlagwörter | DNA; Ethics; Genetic Engineering; Genetics; Heredity; Higher Education; Microbiology; Moral Values; Reproduction (Biology); Science and Society; Science Education; Science Experiments; Science History; Scientific Research; Scientists |
Abstract | Considers the opportunities and ethical issues involved in genetic testing. Reviews the history of genetics from the first discoveries of Gregor Mendel, through the spurious pseudo-science of eugenics, and up to the discovery of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick. Explains how genetic tests are done. (MJP) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |