Quotes by Matt Ridley, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

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Imagine that the genome is a book.There are twenty-three chapters, called CHROMOSOMES.Each chapter contains several thou — Matt Ridley, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
The gene contains a single 'word', repeated over and over again: CAG, CAG, CAG, CAG ... The repetition continues sometim — Matt Ridley, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a perso — Matt Ridley, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Stress can alter the expression of genes, which can affect the response to stress and so on. Human behavior is therefore — Matt Ridley, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
TP53 seems to encode the greater good, like a suicide pill in the mouth of a soldier that dissolves only when it detects — Matt Ridley, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters