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Lieferstatus:	Vorankündigung
Veröffentlichung:	ANGEKÜNDIGT (November 2024)
	MEDICAL / Genetics
ISBN:	9781399624794
EAN-Code:	9781399624794
Verlag:	Orion
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 198 mm / B 129 mm / D
Seiten:	352
Bewertung:	Keine Bewertung vor Veröffentlichung möglich.

Inhalt:

'This is not simply a book of ideas, it is also a book of stories, most astounding, many heartbreaking' - Bryan Appleyard, SUNDAY TIMES Since the discovery of DNA, scientists have believed that genes are fixed entities that cannot be changed by environment - we inherit them, pass them on to our children and take them with us when we die. Professor Tim Spector reveals how the latest genetic research and his own pioneering studies on epigenetics are rewriting everything we thought we knew about genes, identity and evolution. Conceptually, he explains, our genes are not fixed entities but more like plastic, able to change shape and evolve, and these changes can be passed on to future generations. Tim Spector's dazzling guide to the hidden world of our genes reveals the complex role they play in shaping our identities, and will make you think again about everything from sexuality to religion, cancer to autism, politics to pubic hair, clones to bacteria, and what it is that makes us all so unique and quintessentially human.