When a gene makes you smell like a fish-- and other tales about the genes in your body
By: Lisa Seachrist Chiu ; illustrations by Judith A. Seachrist.
Contributors: Seachrist, Judith A.
Edition: Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780195327069
Subjects: Human genetics -- Popular works; Human genetics -- Anecdotes
Genres: Popular works.; Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: When a gene makes you smell like a fish; title: It takes two to tango; title: The first gene; title: Phenylketonuria and the first genetic test; title: Maple syrup urine; title: The Tangier Island gene; title: The Celtic curse; title: Metallic madness; title: Just one bad apple; title: The long stretch gene; title: The Dracula gene; title: The expandable gene; title: You can blame it on mom; title: The gene that launched a revolution; title: The fragile X; title: The werewolf gene; title: The cue ball gene; title: Leaving an imprint; title: Whither mom or dad gene; title: The calico cat gene; title: When a gene won't silence; title: Just a little piece of the puzzle; title: Speaking with a "forked tongue"; title: The cheeseburger gene; title: The bitter gene, or the battle over broccoli; title: The Schwarzenegger gene: from mighty mice to hulking human; title: A performance gene; title: An aging gene; title: In the beginning; title: The cut-and-paste genes; title: Jomon genes; title: Survivors' benefit; title: The pregnancy genes; title: The "got milk?" gene; title: Innate sensing genes; title: The sidedness genes; title: Epilogue: snippets of information reveal the whole?; title: Appendix: a genetics primer.