Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-260) and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- Part One. 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 -- Part Two. The DNA revolution -- DNA : The basics -- Gene-hunting -- The DNA fortune teller -- Predicting who we are -- Our future is DNA -- Epilogue -- Afterword to the new paperback edition.
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. It calls for a radical rethinking of what makes us who were are.
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