Freeman for extracts from Narrow roads of gene land by W. 338) and What remains to be discovered by J. 78) Macmillan Press for extracts from Philosophical essays by A. 62 – 9) Aurum Press for an extract from The gene hunters by William Cookson (p. The author is grateful to the following publishers for permission to reprint brief extracts: Harvard University Press for four extracts from Nancy Wexler’s article in The code of codes, edited by D. Matt Ridley asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.Ī catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This edition published by Harper Perennial 2004įirst published in Great Britain in 1999 by Fourth Estate Limited Early in the next century we will have determined the function of every one of these 100,000 genes.An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Everything that makes us human can be read in our genes. While many believe that genetics proves biological determinism, Ridley will show that in fact free will is itself in the genes. Genome also argues for the genetic foundations of free will. By looking at our genes we can see the story of our evolution, what makes us individual, how our sexuality is determined, how we acquire language, why we are vunerable to certain diseases, how mind has arisen. Read more which we have in common with plants. The first chromosome, for example, contains our oldest genes, genes. Genome, a book of about 100,000 words, is divided into 23 chapters, a chapter for each chromosome. These 100,000 genes are sited across 23 pairs of chromosomes.

The genome is the collective recipe for the building and running of the human body.

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