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Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body

AUTHOR Patterson, Nigel; Leroi, Armand Marie
PUBLISHER Tantor Audio (05/07/2019)
PRODUCT TYPE Audio (Compact Disc)

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Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it--a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer's Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads; a village of long-lived Croatian dwarves; one family, whose bodies were entirely covered with hair, was kept at the Burmese royal court for four generations and gave Darwin one of his keenest insights into heredity. This elegant, humane, and engaging book captures what we know of the development of what makes us human (Nature).
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ISBN-13: 9798212147804
Binding: CD-Audio (CD Standard Audio Format)
Content Language: English
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Carton Quantity: 50
Feature Codes: Unabridged
Country of Origin: US
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Science | Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics
Science | History
Dewey Decimal: 616.043
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Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it--a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer's Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads; a village of long-lived Croatian dwarves; one family, whose bodies were entirely covered with hair, was kept at the Burmese royal court for four generations and gave Darwin one of his keenest insights into heredity. This elegant, humane, and engaging book captures what we know of the development of what makes us human (Nature).
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Author: Leroi, Armand Marie
Armand Marie Leroi ist im Dezember 2004 f??r sein Buch "Tanz der Gene" von einer hochkar??tigen Jury mit dem angesehenen Guardian First Book Award ausgezeichnet worden! Armand Marie Leroi ist Entwicklungsbiologe und Dozent f??r Evolution??re Entwicklungsbiologie an der Abteilung f??r Biowissenschaften des Imperial College London. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt sind die Entwicklungsmechanismen und Evolutionsprozesse bei Nematoden (Fadenw??rmern). 2001 ist er mit der "Scientist for the New Century"-Medaille der Royal Institution of Great Britain ausgezeichnet worden. Neben zahlreichen wissenschaftlichen Ver??ffentlichungen hat er Beitr??ge f??r die "Times Literary Supplement" und "London Review of Books" verfasst. "Tanz der Gene" ist sein erstes Buch und wurde prompt f??r den renommierten "Aventis Prize for Science Books" nominiert. Auf der Basis dieses Buches ist zudem eine dreiteilige, vom Autor selbst pr??sentierte Dokumentarfilmserie f??r Channel 4 (Gro??britannien) entstanden. Leroi ist 40 Jahre alt, wurde als Sohn eines holl??ndischen Diplomaten in Neuseeland geboren und hat in Kanada und den USA studiert. Sehen und h??ren Sie denAutor im Gespr??ch (Video, M??rz 2005, www.edge.org)!
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