She laughs like a mother. Power and quirks of heredity

This book is about heredity and human heritage in the broadest sense. It is not just about the sequence of nucleotides in nuclear DNA. The fact that parents convey to children are influenced by a whole many factors: mitochondrial DNA, and alternating genes of epigenetic marks, and symbiotic microorganisms ... and culture, and traditions, geography and economics, technology and the state in which we will leave the planet, finally, finally . As science develops, there are more and more ways to intervene in different forms of heredity, which opens up amazing opportunities, but at the same time poses new problems. The CRISPR -CAS9 technology used to edit the genome, gene drive and the creation of an egg and a sperm of skin cells - a list of discoveries grows every day, giving enough reason for optimism ... or anxiety. In any case, the world will no longer be the same. Karl Zimmer is famous to tell with his ability to tell. In this most important book, which is based on the latest research and scientific breakthroughs, the author again proved his title of one of the best scientific journalists in the world