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Blueprint

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: The MIT Press, 2018Description: xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780141984261
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Contents:
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 were are.
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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.--

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.

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