Evolving ourselves : how unnatural selection and nonrandom mutation are changing life on earth / Jua...
Evolving ourselves : how unnatural selection and nonrandom mutation are changing life on earth / Jua...
Evolving ourselves : how unnatural selection and nonrandom mutation are changing life on earth / Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans.
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New York, New York : Current : Published by the Penguin Group, [2015]
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G 2016/109
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English
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Physical content
ix, 371 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
What would Darwin write today? -- Symptoms of real-time evolution -- How does evolution really work now? -- A world of nonrandom mutation -- Evolving ourselves... -- The future of life -- Epilogue.
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Publisher
New York, New York : Current : Published by the Penguin Group, [2015]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
Though these harbingers of change are deeply unsettling, the authors argue that we are also in an epoch of tremendous opportunity. New advances in biotechnology help us mitigate the cruel forces of natural selection, from saving prematurely born babies to gene therapies for sickle cell anemia and other conditions. As technology enables us to take c...
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Evolving ourselves : how unnatural selection and nonrandom mutation are changing life on earth / Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans.
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Includes bibliographic notes (pages 285-352) and index.
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G 2016/109
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74VKzK63gpdg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzK63gpdg
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ISBN
1617230200 (hardcover)
9781617230202 (hardcover)
DDC
599.938
MMS ID
991023403769702626
