Mutants : on genetic variety and the human body / Armand Marie Leroi.
Mutants : on genetic variety and the human body / Armand Marie Leroi.
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Publisher
New York : Viking, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N616.043/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 431p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Contents
I. Mutants (An introduction) -- II. A Perfect Join (On embryos) -- III. The Last Judgement (On first parts) -- IV. Cleppies (On arms and legs) -- V. Flesh of my Flesh, Bone of my Bone (On skeletons) -- VI. The War with the Cranes (On growth) -- VII. The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole (On gender) --...
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Publisher
New York : Viking, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"In Mutants, Armand Marie Leroi gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic grammar and the people whose bodies have revealed it, balancing both the science and the stories behind some of history's most captivating figures - including a French convent girl who found herself changing sex upon puberty; children who, echoing Homer's Cyclops, ar...
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Mutants : on genetic variety and the human body / Armand Marie Leroi.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-419) and index.
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N616.043/7
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74VvlVWzzW83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlVWzzW83
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ISBN
0670031100 (alk. paper)
9780670031108 (alk. paper)
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616.043
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991017390919702626
