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Jones (genetics, Galton Laboratory, University College, London) uses literary, political, historical, cultural, and scientific analogies and anecdotes to survey human genetics, explaining how the field began, the darker uses genetics has been put to in history, the role genes play in shaping who and what we are, and the effects that new genetic discoveries have had on our basic theories of evolution. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Steve Jones is professor of genetics at the Galton Laboratory of University College, London.
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- PublisherAnchor Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0385473729
- ISBN 13 9780385473729
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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