Title
Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are / Robert Plomin.
ISBN
9780262350600 (electronic book)
0262350602 (electronic book)
9780262039161
0262039168
9780241367698
0241367697
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
QH438.7 .P64 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
572.8/6
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 were are.
Note
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 were are.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
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.
