When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish ... and Other Amazing Tales about the Genes in Your Body

Name: When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish ... and Other Amazing Tales about the Genes in Your Body
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ISBN: 9780195169942

ISBN-10: 0195169948

ISBN-13: 9780195169942

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lisa Seachrist Chiu, Judith A. Seachrist

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From the gene that causes people to age prematurely to the "bitter gene" that may spawn broccoli haters, this book explores a few of the more exotic locales on the human genome, highlighting some of the tragic and bizarre ways our bodies go wrong when genes fall prey to mutation and the curious ways in which genes have evolved for our survival. Lisa Seachrist Chiu offers here a smorgasbord of stories about rare and not so rare genetic quirks--the gene that makes some people smell like a fish, the Black Urine Gene, the Werewolf Gene, the Calico Cat Gene. We read about the Dracula Gene, a mutation in zebra fish that causes blood cells to explode on contact with light, and suites of genes that…

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List price: $82.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.79" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Lisa Seachrist Chiu is a journalist and writer who has covered the cutting edge of genetics, medicine, and molecular biology for more than a decade. She's been published in United Press International Syndicate papers, Science, Science News, BioWorld Today, Discovery.com, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She lives in Washington, DC.



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