Genetics in Minutes by Jackson, Tom

Genetics in Minutes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784296063)

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Format: Paperback
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Genetics in Minutes by Jackson, Tom

Genetics in Minutes

$12.99
Genetics in Minutes by Jackson, Tom

Genetics in Minutes

$12.99
Format: Paperback
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Genetics in Minutes is your compact and accessible guide to the central concepts of the science of genetics, revealing how our genes shape our bodies and our lives, and how in turn we are beginning to shape them. Covering the basics of DNA, inheritance, and evolution in animals, plants, and humans alike--from the origins and development of life to the human genome and designer babies--this is the fastest, fullest path to understanding genetics.

Contents include genes, DNA, natural selection, Darwinism, stem cell and gene therapies, evo/devo, epigenetics, cloning, genetic engineering and artificial life, as well as key biological concepts necessary to understand the fascinating field of genetics.

Author: Tom Jackson
ISBN-10: 1784296066
ISBN-13: 9781784296063
Publisher: Quercus Books
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 4.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d
By Tom Jackson
By Tom Jackson
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Tom Jackson is a science writer based in the UK. Over the last 20 years he has written more than 100 books and contributed to many more. Tom works with a wide range of subjects and has written about everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. His specialties are natural history, technology and the history of science. Tom studied zoology at Bristol University. Before beginning a life of writing, he worked as a zookeeper and conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungles and rescuing wildlife from droughtridden Zimbabwe. Tom lives in Bristol with his wife and three children.

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