{"product_id":"mutants-isbn-9780142004821","title":"Mutants","description":"Visit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http:\/\/armandleroi.com\/index.html\u003cp\u003eStepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, \u003cb\u003eMutants\u003c\/b\u003e gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it—a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer’s Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads; a village of long-lived Croatian dwarves; one family, whose bodies were entirely covered with hair, was kept at the Burmese royal court for four generations and gave Darwin one of his keenest insights into heredity. This elegant, humane, and engaging book “captures what we know of the development of what makes us human” (\u003cb\u003eNature\u003c\/b\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e  Prologue\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI. Mutants (An introduction) 3\u003cbr\u003e II. A Perfect Join (On embryos) 23\u003cbr\u003e III. The Last Judgement (On first parts) 65\u003cbr\u003e IV. Cleppies (On arms and legs) 105\u003cbr\u003e V. Flesh of my Flesh, Bone of my Bone (On skeletons) 137\u003cbr\u003e VI. The War with the Cranes (On growth) 169\u003cbr\u003e VII. The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole (On gender) 217\u003cbr\u003e VIII. A Fragile Bubble (On skin) 247\u003cbr\u003e IX. The Sober Life (On ageing) 297\u003cbr\u003e X. Anthropometamorphosis (An epilogue) 335\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 357\u003cbr\u003e Notes 359\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 389\u003cbr\u003e Index 421\u003c\/p\u003e\"Combines meticulous historical research, [and] brand-new genetic understanding to tell an absorbing tale.\" —\u003cb\u003eMatt Ridley\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cb\u003eGenome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A marvelous accomplishment. A good look a the amazing prospect before us as we decode the human genome...\" —\u003cb\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/b\u003eVisit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http:\/\/armandleroi.com\/index.html\u003cp\u003eArmand Marie Leroi has lived in South Africa, Canada, and the United States. Since 1996, he has been a lecturer in evolutionary genetics at Imperial College, London. He has published widely in technical journals on evolutionary and developmental genetics and writes occasionally for the \u003cb\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303787286757,"sku":"NP9780142004821","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142004821.jpg?v=1767733202","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mutants-isbn-9780142004821","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}