Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives, and Our Lives Change Our Genes

Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives, and Our Lives Change Our Genes
ISBN-10
1444763245
ISBN-13
9781444763249
Series
Inheritance
Category
Science
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2014-04-10
Publisher
Hachette UK
Author
Sharon Moalem

Description

A groundbreaking book that will transform how we understand ourselves and our families by revealing that everything we thought we knew about genetics is wrong. Your experiences, no matter how seemingly inconsequential - from bullies to crushes to what you eat for dinner - have all left an indelible mark within you. And more importantly, within your genes. Inheritance is a guidebook for change. No longer do we have to settle for what we've been given. We can write our own story. We're taught that we don't have much of a choice in the matter of what we get or what we give, because our genetic legacy was fixed when our parents conceived us. But that's all wrong. Our genes are constantly on the move, some are turning on while others are turning off, all in response to what you're doing, what you're seeing, and what you're feeling. And all of those things can be changed, which means we can change. Genetically.

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