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She has her mother's laugh : the powers, perversions, and potential of heredity /

Zimmer, Carl, 1966-

She has her mother's laugh : the powers, perversions, and potential of heredity / - x, 656 pages ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-642) and index.

Part I. A stroke on the cheek -- The light trifle of his substance -- Traveling across the face of time -- This race should end with them -- Attagirl -- Part II. Wayward DNA -- An evening's revelry -- The sleeping branches -- Individual Z -- Mongrels -- Nine foot high complete -- Ed and Fred -- Part III. The pedigree within -- Ex ovo omnia -- Witches'-broom -- Chimeras -- Part IV. Other channels -- You, my friend, are a wonderland -- Flowering monsters -- The teachable ape -- Part V. The sun chariot -- Yet did he greatly dare -- Orphaned at conception -- The planet's heirs.

Here Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in a sweeping overview of a force that shaped human society - a force set to shape our future even more radically.

Shortlisted for Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction 2018.

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Heredity--Genetics.
Evolutionary genetics--Popular works.
Biomedical engineering
Human genetics.

611.01816 ZIM