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The genome's been mapped. But what can it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific breakthrough of the new hundred years, the mapping of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that define the human genome boosts almost as many questions as it answers - questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Questions that will impact the rest you will ever have. Genome offers astonishing insight in to the effects of this incredible discovery. By picking one newly uncovered gene from each couple of chromosomes and revealing its account, Matt Ridley recounts the history of our varieties and its own ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future remedies. From Huntington's disease to tumors, from the applications of gene therapy to the horrors of eugenics, Matt Ridley probes the technological, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome. It will help you realize what this technological milestone means for you, for your children, and for humankind.
