It takes a genome
Subtitle: how a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick
By: Greg Gibson.
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780137137466
Subjects: Medical genetics; Human evolution; Genetics, Medical; Genome
Description: "In It Takes a Genome, Greg Gibson posits a revolutionary new hypothesis: Our genome is out of equilibrium, both with itself and its environment. Simply put, our genes aren't coping well with modern culture."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The adolescent genome; title: Keeping abreast of cancer; title: Not so thrifty diabetes genes; title: Unhealthy hygiene; title: Genetic AIDS; title: Generating depression; title: The Alzheimer's generation; title: Genetic normality.