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In the last decade, scientists across the world have raced to be the first to crack the code of the human genome, exposing a startling new message: at the most fundamental level humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. A dog is 85% genetically identical to a human; humans have only twice as many genes as a worm or a fly, and many are the same. For the first time, award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings together these astonishing discoveries, and by weaving a mesmerising story of heredity, combining both personal memoir with cutting-edge science, she offers an encompassing vision of the impact these findings have on our everyday lives.
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Chance in the House of Fate, Jennifer Ackerman
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2002
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa blanda)
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- Título
- Chance in the House of Fate
- Subtítulo
- A Natural History of Heredity
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Jennifer Ackerman
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publicado en
- 2002
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0747558205
- ISBN13
- 9780747558200
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Ciencia y Matemáticas, Ciencias naturales, Biología, Ciencia, Genética
- Calificación
- 3 de 5
- Descripción
- In the last decade, scientists across the world have raced to be the first to crack the code of the human genome, exposing a startling new message: at the most fundamental level humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. A dog is 85% genetically identical to a human; humans have only twice as many genes as a worm or a fly, and many are the same. For the first time, award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings together these astonishing discoveries, and by weaving a mesmerising story of heredity, combining both personal memoir with cutting-edge science, she offers an encompassing vision of the impact these findings have on our everyday lives.