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Blueprint - How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Paperback)
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Blueprint - How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Paperback)
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Price R424
Discovery Miles 4 240
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One of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need
a radical rethink about what makes us who we are The blueprint for
our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between
people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or
extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we
are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are
profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA differences. In Blueprint,
Robert Plomin, a pioneer in the field of behavioural genetics,
draws on a lifetime's worth of research to make the case that DNA
is the most important factor shaping who we are. Our families,
schools and the environment around us are important, but they are
not as influential as our genes. This is why, he argues, teachers
and parents should accept children for who they are, rather than
trying to mould them in certain directions. Even the environments
we choose and the signal events that impact our lives, from divorce
to addiction, are influenced by our genetic predispositions. Now,
thanks to the DNA revolution, it is becoming possible to predict
who we will become, at birth, from our DNA alone. As Plomin shows
us, these developments have sweeping implications for how we think
about parenting, education, and social mobility. A game-changing
book by a leader in the field, Blueprint shows how the DNA present
in the single cell with which we all begin our lives can impact our
behaviour as adults.
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