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14%OFFDavid Bainbridge - The X in Sex - 9780674016217 - V9780674016217
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The X in Sex

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Description for The X in Sex Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: MFCC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674016217
SKU
V9780674016217
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About David Bainbridge
David Bainbridge is University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

Reviews for The X in Sex
David Bainbridge takes us on a fascinating tour of X chromosomes and explains what the possession of these intricately folded, infinitessimally narrow, two-inch long strings of genetic codes weighing almost nothing, means for their bearers
that is for each one of us, male and female. History and personal anecdotes are woven together with up-to-date summaries of the science, punctuated with Bainbridge's ... Read more

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