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4. Limits of Genetic Analysis: What Keeps Development on Track?

  • Evelyn Fox KELLER
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The Century of the Gene
This chapter is in the book The Century of the Gene
© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Introduction: The Life of a Powerful Word 1
  4. 1. Motors of Stasis and Change: The Regulation of Genetic Stability 11
  5. 2. The Meaning of Gene Function: What Does a Gene Do? 45
  6. 3. The Concept of a Genetic Program: How to Make an Organism 73
  7. 4. Limits of Genetic Analysis: What Keeps Development on Track? 103
  8. Conclusion: What Are Genes For? 133
  9. Notes 151
  10. References 169
  11. Acknowledgments 183
  12. Index 184
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039438-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Introduction: The Life of a Powerful Word 1
  4. 1. Motors of Stasis and Change: The Regulation of Genetic Stability 11
  5. 2. The Meaning of Gene Function: What Does a Gene Do? 45
  6. 3. The Concept of a Genetic Program: How to Make an Organism 73
  7. 4. Limits of Genetic Analysis: What Keeps Development on Track? 103
  8. Conclusion: What Are Genes For? 133
  9. Notes 151
  10. References 169
  11. Acknowledgments 183
  12. Index 184
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