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Mutants - On Genetic Variety and the Human Body (Paperback) Loot Price: R418
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Mutants - On Genetic Variety and the Human Body (Paperback)

Armand Marie Leroi

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Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, "Mutants" gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed itaa French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homeras Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads; a village of long-lived Croatian dwarves; one family, whose bodies were entirely covered with hair, was kept at the Burmese royal court for four generations and gave Darwin one of his keenest insights into heredity. This elegant, humane, and engaging book acaptures what we know of the development of what makes us humana ("Nature").

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Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: Armand Marie Leroi
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-200482-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General
LSN: 0-14-200482-0
Barcode: 9780142004821

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