Adam's curse : a future without men /
"Bryan Sykes, already one of the world's preeminent geneticists, established himself as one of science's most fascinating explicators of the mysteries of human origins. Now, in Adam's Curse, he returns with an equally spellbinding volume that examines the perilous future of the Y...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Norton & Co.,
c2004.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | "Bryan Sykes, already one of the world's preeminent geneticists, established himself as one of science's most fascinating explicators of the mysteries of human origins. Now, in Adam's Curse, he returns with an equally spellbinding volume that examines the perilous future of the Y chromosome and the ultimate survival of men. So dire is this situation, Sykes demonstrates, that the day will come, perhaps 125,000 years from now, when the Y chromosome could literally cease to exist.". "As Sykes explains, the lowly Y chromosome, especially when compared to the body's forty-five other chromosomes, exists in a fragile state, its durability worn down by many millions of years of attrition, over which time it has lost hundreds of genes. While other chromosomes contain as many as 1,000 different genes, the Y chromosome, unable to exchange genetic material or repair itself, now contains no more than a few hundred genes - and the prospects for a reversal of fortunes are bleak if not nonexistent." |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Originally published: London : Bantam Press, 2003. |
| Physical Description: | x, 318 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0393058964 (hardcover) |