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Blueprint : how DNA makes us who we are / Robert Plomin.

By: Plomin, Robert, 1948- [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2018Description: xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262537988; 0241367697.Subject(s): DNA | Human genetics -- Social aspects | Human genetics -- Social aspects | DNAGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
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 -- The DNA revolution. DNA : the basics ; Gene-hunting ; The DNA fortune teller ; Predicting who we are ; Our future is DNA.
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."--Dust jacket front flap
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-248) and index.

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 -- The DNA revolution. DNA : the basics ; Gene-hunting ; The DNA fortune teller ; Predicting who we are ; Our future is DNA.

"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."--Dust jacket front flap

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