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When a gene makes you smell like a fish : and other tales about the genes in your body

Title: When a gene makes you smell like a fish : and other tales about the genes in your body / Lisa Seachrist Chiu ; illustrations by Judith A. Seachrist.
Author: Chiu, Lisa Seachrist.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Seachrist, Judith A.

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x, 219 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index.

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- When a gene makes you smell like a fish -- It takes two to tango -- The first gene -- Phenylketonuria and the first genetic test -- Maple syrup urine -- The Tangier Island gene -- The Celtic curse -- Metallic madness -- Just one bad apple -- The long stretch gene -- The Dracula gene -- The expandable gene -- You can blame it on Mom -- The gene that launched a revolution -- The fragile X -- The werewolf gene -- The cue ball gene -- Leaving an imprint -- Whither Mom or Dad gene -- The calico cat gene -- When a gene won't silence -- Just a little piece of the puzzle -- Speaking with a "forked tongue" -- The cheeseburger gene -- The bitter gene, or the battle over broccoli -- The Schwarzenegger gene: from mighty mice to hulking human -- A performance gene -- An aging gene -- In the beginning -- The cut-and-paste genes -- Jomon genes -- Survivors' benefit -- The pregnancy genes -- The "Got milk?" gene -- Innate sensing genes -- The sidedness genes -- Epilogue: snippets of information reveal the whole? -- Appendix: a genetics primer -- References -- Index.

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JSD 07-20

ISBN

0195169948 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195169942 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005031803

OCLC

70071792

Author

Chiu, Lisa Seachrist.

Title

When a gene makes you smell like a fish : and other tales about the genes in your body / Lisa Seachrist Chiu ; illustrations by Judith A. Seachrist.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index.

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Seachrist, Judith A.

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JSD 07-20

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