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        Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

        Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

        Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

        Edited by Daniel Strand, Anna Källén and Charlotte Mulcare

        ISBN: 9780262548090

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: July 2, 2024

        The first comprehensive critical analysis of the practices and consequences of ancient DNA research.
        Inequality

        Inequality

        Inequality

        A Genetic History

        by Carles Lalueza-Fox

        ISBN: 9780262547314

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 19, 2023

        How genomics reveals deep histories of inequality, going back many thousands of years.
        The Foundations of Population Genetics

        The Foundations of Population Genetics

        The Foundations of Population Genetics

        by Daniel M. Weinreich

        ISBN: 9780262047579

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 29, 2023

        An accessible but rigorous treatment of the theoretical foundations of population genetics.
        The Next 500 Years

        The Next 500 Years

        The Next 500 Years

        Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds

        by Christopher E. Mason

        ISBN: 9780262543842

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 12, 2022

        An argument that we have a moral duty to explore other planets and solar systems—because human life on Earth has an expiration date.
        CRISPR People

        CRISPR People

        CRISPR People

        The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans

        by Henry T. Greely

        ISBN: 9780262543880

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 1, 2022

        What does the birth of babies whose embryos have gone through genome editing mean—for science and for all of us?
        Genomic Citizenship

        Genomic Citizenship

        Genomic Citizenship

        The Molecularization of Identity in the Contemporary Middle East

        by Ian McGonigle

        ISBN: 9780262542944

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 24, 2021

        An anthropological study based on ethnographic work in Israel and Qatar explores the relationship between science, particularly genetics, and national identity.
        The Eugenic Mind Project

        The Eugenic Mind Project

        The Eugenic Mind Project

        by Robert A. Wilson

        ISBN: 9780262542708

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 2, 2021

        An examination of eugenic thinking past and present, from forced sterilization to prenatal screening, drawing on experience with those who survived  eugenics.
        From Darwin to Derrida

        From Darwin to Derrida

        From Darwin to Derrida

        Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life

        by David Haig

        Foreword by Daniel C. Dennett

        ISBN: 9780262043786

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 14, 2020

        How the meaningless process of natural selection produces purposeful beings who find meaning in the world.
        An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis

        An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis

        An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis

        by Melinda C. Mills, Nicola Barban and Felix C. Tropf

        ISBN: 9780262538381

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 18, 2020

        A comprehensive introduction to modern applied statistical genetic data analysis, accessible to those without a background in molecular biology or genetics.
        Blueprint

        Blueprint, with a new afterword

        Blueprint

        How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

        by Robert Plomin

        ISBN: 9780262537988

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: July 2, 2019

        A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.
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