X in Sex How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives

Name: X in Sex How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives
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ISBN: 9780674016217

ISBN-10: 0674016211

ISBN-13: 9780674016217

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Bainbridge

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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…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594



Prologue



Making a Difference


Interlude: What Is It, Exactly?



The Duke of Kent's Testicles


Interlude: How Sexy Is X?



The Double Life of Women


Epilogue: The Chosen One


Further Reading


Glossary


Index