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The Gene : An Intimate History /

Mukherjee, Siddhartha,

The Gene : An Intimate History / Siddhartha Mukherjee. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - 592 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-554) and index.

Prologue: Families;
"The missing science of heredity" 1865-1935;
"In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970;
"The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001;
"The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005;
Through the looking glass 2001-2015;
Post-genome 2015;;
Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda.

9781476733524 (trade pbk.) 9781476733500 (hardcover)

2015039962


Genetics--History.
Heredity.
Genes.

RB155 / .M85 2016b

616.042 MUK

QU 475