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She has her mother's laugh : the powers, perversions, and potential of heredity / Carl Zimmer.
Presents a history of the human understanding of heredity and how it has shaped society, chronicling the transitions brought about by genetic research and making predictions about how evolving understandings are likely to impact the future.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101984598
- ISBN: 1101984597
- Physical Description: xii, 657 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-642) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. A stroke on the cheek -- The light trifle of his substance -- Traveling across the face of time -- This race should end with them -- Attagirl -- Part II. Wayward DNA -- An evening's revelry -- The sleeping branches -- Individual Z -- Mongrels -- Nine foot high complete -- Ed and Fred -- Part III. The pedigree within -- Ex ovo omnia -- Witch's-broom -- Chimeras -- Part IV. Other channels -- You, my friend, are a wonderland -- Flowering monsters -- The teachable ape -- Part V. The sun chariot -- Yet greatly did he dare -- Orphaned at conception -- The planet's heirs. |
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| Subject: | Heredity > Genetics. Human genetics. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | 576.5 Z72s 2018 (Text) | 33126020426528 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | 576.5 Z72s 2018 (Text) | 33126020426536 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |