Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body

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First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2003

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Leroi, Armand Marie.

Mutants : on genetic variety and the human body / Armand Marie Leroi.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-670-03110-0 (hc.)

ISBN 0-142-00482-0 (pbk.)

1. Abnormalities, Human—Genetic aspects—History. 2. Human anatomy—Variation—History. 3. Mutation (Biology)—History. I. Title.

QM691.L47 2003

616’.043—dc22 2003057619

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