Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess Race, Religion, and DNA

Name: Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess Race, Religion, and DNA
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ISBN: 9780393081916

ISBN-10: 0393081915

ISBN-13: 9780393081916

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jeff Wheelwright

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A vibrant young Hispano woman, Shonnie Medina, inherits a breast-cancer mutation known as BRCA1.185delAG. It is a genetic variant characteristic of Jews. The Medinas knew they were descended from Native Americans and Spanish Catholics, but they did not know that they had Jewish ancestry as well. The mutation most likely sprang from Sephardic Jews hounded by the Spanish Inquisition. The discovery of the gene leads to a fascinating investigation of cultural history and modern genetics by Dr. Harry Ostrer and other experts on the DNA of Jewish populations.Set in the isolated San Luis Valley of Colorado, this beautiful and harrowing book tells of the Medina familyâs five-hundred-year passage…

Book details

List price: $28.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/20/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.96" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 0.968

Jeff Wheelwright is a freelance journalist and the former science editor of Life magazine. He is the author of Degrees of Disaster and The Irritable Heart. He lives in Morro Bay, California.