Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
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The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.
The genome is our 100,000 or so genes. The genome is the collective recipe for the building and running of the human body. These 100,000 genes are sited across 23 pairs of chromosomes. Genome, a book of about 100,000 words, is divided into 23 chapters, a chapter for each chromosome. The first chromosome, for example, contains our oldest genes, genes which we have in common with plants.
By looking at our genes we can see the story of our evolution,
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Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Release date: 1 October 2000
ISBN-10 : 0060932902 | ISBN-13: 9780060932909
Release date: 1 October 2000
ISBN-10 : 0060932902 | ISBN-13: 9780060932909
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