She has her mother's laugh : the powers, perversions, and potential of heredity /
Published by : Picador, (London : ) Physical details: xii, 657 pages ; 25 cm ISBN:9781509818532. Year: 2018 Item type: Non-FictionCurrent library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Paro College Library | 576.5 ZIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | E19205 | Available | E19205 | |
Paro College Library | 576.5 ZIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | E19206 | Available | E19206 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"In this thought-provoking book, award-winning New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity, in a wide-ranging, ambitious and original investigation of a force that has crucially shaped human society--and is set to shape our future even more radically. Heredity isn't a simple matter of genes that pass from parent to child. It continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to the trillions that make up an adult. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors--using a verb that once specifically referred to kingdoms and aristocratic estates--but we also inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to the technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new--broader-ranging--definition of what heredity is. Weaving historical and current scientific research, original reporting and his own experience as a father of two daughters, Zimmer unpacks the urgent ethical quandries that arise from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what it is that we can pass on to future generations"
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