Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity

Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity
ISBN-10
0618219099
ISBN-13
9780618219094
Series
Chance in the House of Fate
Category
Science
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
2002-04
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Jennifer Ackerman

Description

Examines the diverse ways in which human heredity is linked to the rest of the natural world and analyzes how the science of genetics affects everyday life.

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