Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are /
Plomin, Robert, 1948-
Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are / Robert Plomin. - xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-248) and index.
Prologue -- Part One. Why DNA matters. Disentangling nature and nurture -- How do we know that DNA makes us who we are? -- The nature of nurture -- DNA matters more as time goes by -- Abnormal is normal -- Generalist genes -- Why children in the same family are so different -- The DNA blueprint -- Equal opportunity and meritocracy -- Part Two. The DNA revolution. DNA : The basics -- Gene-hunting -- The DNA fortune teller -- Predicting who we are -- Our future is DNA -- Epilogue.
In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality--the blueprint that makes us who we are. This, says Plomin, is a game-changer. It calls for a radical rethinking of what makes us who were are.
9780262039161 0262039168 9780241367698 0241367697
15201203
2018032148
DNA.
Human genetics--Social aspects.
Genetics.
Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are / Robert Plomin. - xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-248) and index.
Prologue -- Part One. Why DNA matters. Disentangling nature and nurture -- How do we know that DNA makes us who we are? -- The nature of nurture -- DNA matters more as time goes by -- Abnormal is normal -- Generalist genes -- Why children in the same family are so different -- The DNA blueprint -- Equal opportunity and meritocracy -- Part Two. The DNA revolution. DNA : The basics -- Gene-hunting -- The DNA fortune teller -- Predicting who we are -- Our future is DNA -- Epilogue.
In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality--the blueprint that makes us who we are. This, says Plomin, is a game-changer. It calls for a radical rethinking of what makes us who were are.
9780262039161 0262039168 9780241367698 0241367697
15201203
2018032148
DNA.
Human genetics--Social aspects.
Genetics.