Genome : the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters / Matt Ridley.
Material type:
- 599.93Â 21
- QH 431Â .R475 2002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Loan | College of Health Science First Floor | QH 431 .R475 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5003782 |
1st Perennial ed.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 1999 by Fourth Estate"--T.p. verso.
"Hardcover edition of this book was published in February 2000 by HarperCollins"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-336) and index.
Life -- Species -- History -- Fate -- Environment -- Intelligence -- Instinct -- Conflict -- Self-interest -- Disease -- Stress -- Personality -- Self-assembly -- Pre-history -- Immortality -- Sex -- Memory -- Death -- Cures -- Prevention -- Politics -- Eugenics -- Free will.
Looks at one newly described gene from each of the twenty-three human chromosomes and explains how each one contributes to our uniqueness as a species.
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