The X in sex : how the X chromosome controls our lives / David Bainbridge.
The X in sex : how the X chromosome controls our lives / David Bainbridge.
The X in sex : how the X chromosome controls our lives / David Bainbridge.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N611.01816/4
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Language
English
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Physical content
205 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
l. Making a Difference -- Interlude: What Is It, Exactly? -- 2. The Duke of Kent's Testicles -- Interlude: How Sexy Is X? -- 3. The Double Life of Women -- Epilogue: The Chosen One.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"The X in Sex traces the journey toward our current understanding of the nature of X. From its chance discovery in the nineteenth century to the promise and implications of ongoing research, David Bainbridge shows how the X evolved and where it and its counterpart Y are going, how it helps assign developing human babies their sex - and maybe even t...
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The X in sex : how the X chromosome controls our lives / David Bainbridge.
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First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (pp. [183] - 192) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N611.01816/4
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74Vvl3MND4VA
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ISBN
0674016211
9780674010284 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674010280 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674010284 :
0674010280 :
9780674016217
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611.01816
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991017381229702626
