The wonder of genetics
Subtitle: the creepy, the curious, and the commonplace
By: Richard V. Kowles
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781616142148
Subjects: Genetics; Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genetics everywhere; title: Males and females : there are differences; title: Females are genetic mosaics; title: Anyone exactly like you?; title: Playing genetic roulette; title: The importance of Mama; title: Those awful sideshows; title: Why so many miscarriages?; title: Radiation : friend or foe?; title: You are what you eat : rearranged; title: Women in the Olympics; title: Marrying your cousin; title: The baby is not mine; title: Losing their punch; title: Genetics is big in agriculture; title: Amazing maize; title: Seedless watermelons; title: Eating genetically modified foods; title: Growing human hormones on the south 40; title: Gene therapy : changing your heredity; title: Animals have stem cells too; title: Sterile? So what!; title: Cloning : chip off the old block; title: An old conflict : nature versus nurture; title: The bad seed; title: Catching bad people and freeing innocent people; title: Free will or not; title: Cancer : innocent cells gone astray; title: Human Genome Project; title: Skin color; title: Gene pools and race; title: Fountain of Youth; title: The discord between evolution and creationism; title: Movies and genetic implications; title: Genetic misconceptions; title: Genetics and politics crossing paths.