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The X in Sex : How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives /
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...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2004]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- 1 . MAKING A DIFFERENCE
- 2 . THE DUKE OF KENT'S TESTICLES
- 3 . THE DOUBLE LIFE OF WOMEN
- FURTHER READING
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX