Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene

by Emily Monosson

Book Overview

Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result.

Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610914988
• ISBN13: 9781610914987
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"