Inheritance
How Our Genes Change Our Lives-- and Our Lives Change Our Genes
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
Format: Ebook
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages)
Explains new concepts in human genetics and health that indicate that the fundamental nature of the human genome is much more fluid and flexible than originally thought.
Contents:
Everything is about to change. How geneticists think -- When genes misbehave. What Apple, Costco, and a Danish sperm donor teach us about genetic expression -- Changing our genes. How trauma, bullying, and Royal Jelly alter our genetic destiny -- Use it or lose it. How our lives and genes conspire to make and break our bones -- Feed your genes. What our ancestors, vegans, and our microbiomes teach us about nutrition -- Genetic dosing. How deadly painkillers, the prevention paradox, and Ötzi the iceman are changing the face of medicine -- Picking sides. How genes help us decide between left and right -- We're all X-men. What Sherpas, sword swallowers, and genetically doped athletes teach us about ourselves -- Hacking your genome. Why big tobacco, insurance companies, your doctor, and even your lover all want to decode your DNA -- Mail-order child. The unintended consequences of submarines, sonar, and duplicated genes -- Putting it all together. What rare diseases teach us about our genetic inheritance -- One last thing.
Subjects:
Medical genetics.
Human genetics.
Heredity.
Genetics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Heredity.
Human genetics.
Medical genetics.
Medical.
Science.
Sociology.
Nonfiction.
Medical genetics.
Human genetics.
Heredity.
Genetics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Heredity.
Human genetics.
Medical genetics.
Medical.
Science.
Sociology.
Nonfiction.
ISBN:
9781455579273
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
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