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208 pages : 22 cm, \"Are our personalities inherited or made? What can DNA reveal about human history? How significant was the creation of Dolly the sheep? And will we soon be designing babies to order? Mark Henderson, science editor of 'The times', distills the central concepts of this newest of sciences in a series of 50 lucid and engaging short essays. Beginning with Darwin's theory of evolution and concluding with the most recent, and controversial, scientific advances, he shows how knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth\"--Page 2 of cover, Includes index, Classical genetics : The theory of evolution -- The laws of inheritance -- Genes and chromosones -- The genetics of evolution -- Mutation -- Sex, Molecular biology : Genes, proteins and DNA -- The double helix -- Cracking the code of life -- Genetic engineering, The genome : Reading the genome -- The human genome -- Lessons of the genome, Nature and nurture : Genetic determinism -- Selfish genes -- The blank slate -- Nature via nurture, Genes and disease : Genetic diseases -- Gene hunting -- Cancer -- Superbugs, Sex, history and behaviour : Behavioural genetics -- Intelligence -- Race --

Author

Henderson, Mark, 1974-, None

Publisher

London : Quercus

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849165648

Subjects

Science, Biology, Stem

Rating

3.89 / 5 (134 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14