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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
219

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Subjects

Anecdotes, Human genetics, Popular works, Medical Genetics, Human Genome, Anecdotes as Topic

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Cover of: When a gene makes you smell like a fish-- and other tales about the genes in your body
When a gene makes you smell like a fish-- and other tales about the genes in your body
2007, Oxford University Press
in English - Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
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Cover of: When a gene makes you smell like a fish and other amazing tales about the genes in your body
When a gene makes you smell like a fish and other amazing tales about the genes in your body
2006, Oxford University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

When a gene makes you smell like a fish
It takes two to tango
The first gene
Phenylketonuria and the first genetic test
Maple syrup urine
Tangier island gene
The celtic curse
Metallic madness
Just one bad apple
The long stretch gene
The dracula gene
The expandable gene
You can blame it on mom
The gene that launched a revolution
The fragile X
The werewolf gene
The cue ball gene
Leaving an imprint
Whither mom or dad gene
The calico cat gene
When a gene won't silence
Just a little piece of the puzzle
Speaking with a "forked tongue"
The cheeseburger gene
The bitter gene or the battle over broccoli
The Schwarzenegger gene: from mighty mice to hulking human
A performance gene
An aging gene
In the beginning
The cut-and-paste genes
Jomon genes
Survivors' benefit
The pregnancy genes
Got milk? gene
Innate sensing genes
The sidedness genes
Epilogue: snippets of information reveal the whole?
Appendix: a genetics primer
References.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York
Genre
Popular works., Anecdotes.

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Dewey Decimal Class
599.93/5
Library of Congress
QH431 .C474 2006, QH431.C474 2006

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
219

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OL3415595M
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whengenemakesyou00chiu_0
ISBN 10
0195169948
ISBN 13
9780195169942
LCCN
2005031803
OCLC/WorldCat
62281871, 70714951
Library Thing
1086197
Goodreads
251022

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