Genetics of original sin : the impact of natural selection on the future of humanity / Christian de Duve with Neil Patterson ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson. [print]

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De Duve, Christian [Author]

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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press ; (c)2010.; Paris : Editions Odile Jacob, (c)2010.Description: xxvii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780300165074
9780300182729

Uniform titles:

Genetique du peche originel. English

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Forecasts.

LOC classification:

QH325.P318.G464 2010

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Contents:

The unity of life -- The origin of life -- The evolution of life ;

Metabolism -- Reproduction -- Development -- Natural selection -- Other evolutionary mechanisms ;

The emergence of humans -- Making the human brain -- Shaping our genes -- The cost of success -- Original sin ;

Option 1 : do nothing -- Option 2 : improve our genes -- Option 3 : rewire the brain -- Option 4 : call on religions -- Option 5 : protect the environment -- Option 6 : give women a chance -- Option 7 : control population -- Epilogue.

Subject: Increasingly absorbed in recent years by advances in our understanding of the origin of life, evolutionary history, and the advent of human kind, eminent biologist Christian de Duve has pondered the future of life on this planet. Focusing on the process of natural selection, de Duve explores the inordinate and now dangerous rise of humankind.--[book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	QH325.P318.G464 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001736103

Translation of: Genetique du peche originel: le poids du passe sur l'avenir de la vie. 2009.

"Published in association with Editions Odile Jacob"--Preliminary page.

PART I. The history of life on earth. -- The unity of life -- The origin of life -- The evolution of life ;

PART II. The mechanisms of life. -- Metabolism -- Reproduction -- Development -- Natural selection -- Other evolutionary mechanisms ;

PART III. The human adventure. -- The emergence of humans -- Making the human brain -- Shaping our genes -- The cost of success -- Original sin ;

PART IV. The challenges of the future. -- Option 1 : do nothing -- Option 2 : improve our genes -- Option 3 : rewire the brain -- Option 4 : call on religions -- Option 5 : protect the environment -- Option 6 : give women a chance -- Option 7 : control population -- Epilogue.

Increasingly absorbed in recent years by advances in our understanding of the origin of life, evolutionary history, and the advent of human kind, eminent biologist Christian de Duve has pondered the future of life on this planet. Focusing on the process of natural selection, de Duve explores the inordinate and now dangerous rise of humankind.--[book jacket.

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