X in Sex (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
224
Utgivningsdatum
2004-09-30
Förlag
Harvard University Press
Dimensioner
208 x 139 x 13 mm
Vikt
260 g
ISBN
9780674016217

X in Sex

How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives

av David Bainbridge
Häftad,  Engelska, 2004-09-30
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A tiny scrap of genetic information determines our sex; it also consigns many of us to a life of disease, directs or disrupts the everyday working of our bodies, and forces women to live as genetic chimeras. The culprit--so necessary and yet the source of such upheaval--is the X chromosome, and this is its story. An enlightening and entertaining tour of the cultural and natural history of this intriguing member of the genome, The X in Sex traces the journey toward our current understanding of the nature of X. From its chance discovery in the nineteenth century to the promise and implications of ongoing research, David Bainbridge shows how the X evolved and where it and its counterpart Y are going, how it helps assign developing human babies their sex--and maybe even their sexuality--and how it affects our lives in infinitely complex and subtle ways. X offers cures for disease, challenges our cultural, ethical, and scientific assumptions about maleness and femaleness, and has even reshaped our views of human evolution and human nature.

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David Bainbridge is University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

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