Blueprint how DNA makes us who we are ; with a new afterword for the paperback edition
In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent l...
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| 300 | |a xiii, 278 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-260) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Part One. Why DNA matters -- Disentangling nature and nurture -- How do we know that DNA makes us who we are? -- The nature of nurture -- DNA matters more as time goes by -- Abnormal is normal -- Generalist genes -- Why children in the same family are so different -- The DNA blueprint -- Equal opportunity and meritocracy -- Part Two. The DNA revolution -- DNA : The basics -- Gene-hunting -- The DNA fortune teller -- Predicting who we are -- Our future is DNA -- Epilogue -- Afterword to the new paperback edition | |
| 520 | |a In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality--the blueprint that makes us who we are. This, says Plomin, is a game-changer. It calls for a radical rethinking of what makes us who were are. | ||
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