Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body Contributor(s): LeRoi, Armand Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142004820 ISBN-13: 9780142004821 Publisher: Penguin Books
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2005 Annotation: Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, "Mutants" gives a brilliant narrative account of man's genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics - Science | History |
Dewey: 616.043 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.88" W x 7.74" L (0.66 lbs) 448 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 02/01/2005 pg. 98 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Visit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http: //armandleroi.com/index.html 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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