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Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are
- Author
- Plomin, Robert, 1948- author.
- Title
- Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are / Robert Plomin.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018] ©2018
- Description
- xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-248) and index.
- Contents
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- 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.
- Summary
- 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 we are.
- Subject headings
- DNA. Human genetics--Social aspects.
- Medical subjects
- Genetics, Behavioral. DNA.
- ISBN
- 9780262039161 hardcover alkaline paper 0262039168 hardcover alkaline paper 9780241367698 paperback 0241367697 paperback
- Standard Identifier
- 15201203