She has her mother's laugh : the powers, perversions, and potential of heredity / Carl Zimmer.

New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]

xii, 657 pages ; 25 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-642) and index.