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Autore |
Chiu Lisa Seachrist |
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When a gene makes you smell like a fish-- and other tales about the genes in your body / / Lisa Seachrist Chiu ; illustrations by Judith A. Seachrist |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-16556-5 |
9786611165567 |
0-19-971672-2 |
1-4356-3889-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human genetics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish; Chapter One: It Takes Two to Tango; Chapter Two: Just One Bad Apple . . .; Chapter Three: You Can Blame It on Mom; Chapter Four: Leaving an Imprint; Chapter Five: Just a Little Piece of the Puzzle; Chapter Six: In the Beginning . . .; Epilogue: Snippets of Information Reveal the Whole?; Appendix: A Genetics Primer; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the gene that causes people to age prematurely to the ""bitter gene"" that may spawn broccoli haters, this book explores a few of the more exotic locales on the human genome, highlighting some of the tragic and bizarre ways our bodies go wrong when genes fall prey to mutation and the curious ways in which genes have evolved for our survival. Lisa Seachrist Chiu has a smorgasbord of stories to tell about rare and not so rare genetic quirks. We read about the Dracula Gene, a mutation in zebra fish that causes blood cells to explode on contact with light, and suites of genes that also influe |
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