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100	1		_aZimmer, Carl.
245	1	0	_aShe has her mother's laugh : _bthe powers, perversions, and potential of heredity / _cCarl Zimmer.
260			_aLondon : _bPicador, _c2018.
300			_axii, 657 pages ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a "In this thought-provoking book, award-winning New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity, in a wide-ranging, ambitious and original investigation of a force that has crucially shaped human society--and is set to shape our future even more radically. Heredity isn't a simple matter of genes that pass from parent to child. It continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to the trillions that make up an adult. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors--using a verb that once specifically referred to kingdoms and aristocratic estates--but we also inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to the technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new--broader-ranging--definition of what heredity is. Weaving historical and current scientific research, original reporting and his own experience as a father of two daughters, Zimmer unpacks the urgent ethical quandries that arise from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what it is that we can pass on to future generations"
650	1	2	_aHeredity _xgenetics.
650	1	2	_aHuman genetics.
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