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It takes a genome : how a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick
Title:
It takes a genome : how a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick
Author:
Gibson, Greg
ISBN:
9780137137466
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, 2009
Physical Description:
xvi, 187 p. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
The adolescent genome -- Breast cancer's broken genes -- Not so thrifty diabetes genes -- Unhealthy hygiene -- Genetic AIDS -- Generating depression -- The Alzheimer's generation -- Genetic normality.
Subject:
Medical genetics
Human evolution
Genetics, Medical
Genome