Epigenetics : the ultimate mystery of inheritance / Richard C. Francis.

  • Francis, Richard C., 1953-
Date:
[2011], ©2011
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Description

Discusses how scientific evidence is increasingly showing a link between the stress of the environment on an individual and the seemingly inherited traits of his or her subsequent generations.

Publication/Creation

New York ; London : W.W. Norton, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-215) and index.

Contents

What your genes are wearing -- A grandmother effect -- Directors, actors, stagehands -- What roids wrought -- The well-socialized gene -- Kentucky Fried Chicken in Bangkok -- Twigs, trees, and fruits -- What Wright wrought -- X-women -- Horses asses -- Sea urchins are not just to eat -- Pray for the devil -- The Janus gene.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QU475 2011F81e
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780393070057
  • 0393070050