Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes by Linda Tagliaferro

Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes by Linda Tagliaferro

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How do physical traits get passed down from parents to offspring? This text uses everyday language to show readers how genes shape who and what they are, helping them determine which of their characteristics are genetic and which are learned.

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes by Linda Tagliaferro

You're no idiot, of course. You suspect that you inherited your blue eyes from your mother and your rapier wit from your dad. But when it comes to understanding how genes are handed down, you'd have better luck teaching Dolly the lamb to talk. Don't send in the clones yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes uses everyday language to explain the role genes play in shaping who we are. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:
Tagliaferro, Linda: - Linda Tagliaferro is the award-winning author of 43 books for young children, young adults, and adults. Several of her books were included in Bank Street College's Best Books of the Year, and her Galapagos Islands was chosen as an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council, as well as a Society of School Librarians International Book Awards Honor Book. Linda was born in Brooklyn, and has also lived in Manhattan and Staten Island, New York. She now resides in Queens, the largest borough of New York City. She has traveled the world and lived in Denmark, Italy, and Indonesia. She does frequent school talks and both educates and entertains with her interactive workshops that include her specialty as an artist.
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ISBN 13 9780028635866
ISBN 10 0028635868
Title Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes
Author Linda Tagliaferro
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Year published 1999-11-01
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.