The Epigenetics Revolution
How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance
New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Introduces the new field that may revolutionize the understanding of human health and disease.
Contents:
An ugly toad and an elegant man -- How we learned to roll uphill -- Life as we knew it -- Life as we know it now -- Why aren't identical twins actually identical? -- The sins of the fathers -- The generations game -- The battle of the sexes -- Generationx -- The message is not the medium -- Fighting the enemy within -- All in the mind -- The downhill slope -- Long live the queen -- The green revolution -- The ways ahead.
ISBN:
9780231161169
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-324) and index.