Epigenetics: The Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance

by Richard C. Francis

Book Overview

Epigenetic means "on the gene," and the term refers to the recent discovery that stress in the environment can impact an individual's physiology so deeply that those biological scars are actually inherited by the next several generations. For instance, a recent study has shown that men who started smoking before puberty caused their sons to have significantly higher rates of obesity. And obesity is just the tip of the iceberg--many researchers believe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393070050
• ISBN13: 9780393070057
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"