Author: Arney, Kat.
Title: Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding How Our Genes Work [Bloomsbury Sigma].
Description: London Bloomsbury, 2016. 1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, minimal edgewear. 288 pp. This fascinating book Kat Arney explains genes and how they work. The author, a geneticist, has drawn on stories ranging from six-toed cats and stickleback hips to wobbly worms and zombie genes, to create a companion reader to the book of life itself. There is a section on Ernest Hemingway's polydactyal cats at his former residence in Key West, descended from a six-toed ancestor. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted, and therefore gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise. ISBN: 9781472910059

Keywords: biosciences, genetics, dna 9781472910059


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