| Physical Description |
xii, 657 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-642) and index. |
| Contents |
The light trifle of his substance -- Traveling across the face of time -- This race should end with them -- Attagirl -- An evening's revelry -- The sleeping branches -- Individual Z -- Mongrels -- Nine foot high complete -- Ed and Fred -- Ex ovo omnia -- Witch's broom -- Chimeras -- You, my friend, are a wonderland -- Flowering monsters -- The teachable ape -- Yet greatly did he dare -- Orphaned at conception -- The planet's heirs. |
| Summary |
A historic transformation in our understanding of life is taking place today. In this masterwork, Carl Zimmer illuminates this transformation like no other book before. |
| Subject |
Heredity -- Genetics.
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Human genetics.
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