Lamarck's revenge : how epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of evolution's past and present (Record no. 59648)
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| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20190711154712.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 180301t20182018nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2018003831 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781632866158 |
| Qualifying information | (hardcover) |
| International Standard Book Number | 1632866153 |
| Qualifying information | (hardcover) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | OCLCO |
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| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QH450 |
| Item number | .W37 2018 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 572.8/65 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ward, Peter D. |
| Fuller form of name | (Peter Douglas), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1949- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 90583 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lamarck's revenge : how epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of evolution's past and present |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | [2018] |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | �2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 273 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory was supplanted in the 1800s by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection through heritable genetic mutations. But natural selection could not adequately explain how rapidly species re-diversified and repopulated after mass extinctions. Now advances in the study of DNA and RNA have resurrected epigenetics, which can create radical physical and physiological changes in subsequent generations by the simple addition of a single small molecule, thus passing along a propensity for molecules to attach in the same places in the next generation. Epigenetics is a complex process, but paleontologist and astrobiologist Peter Ward breaks it down for general readers, using the epigenetic paradigm to reexamine how the history of our species--from deep time to the outbreak of the Black Plague and into the present--has left its mark on our physiology, behavior, and intelligence. Most alarming are chapters about epigenetic changes we are undergoing now triggered by toxins, environmental pollutants, famine, poor nutrition, and overexposure to violence. Lamarck's Revenge is an eye-opening and provocative exploration of how traits are inherited, and how outside influences drive what we pass along to our progeny."--Page [2] of cover. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Epigenetics |
| General subdivision | History |
| Form subdivision | Popular works. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | History. |
| Source of term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 90585 |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Popular Works. |
| Source of term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 90586 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | NF |
| Lost status | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode Number | Koha item type |
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| Nonfiction | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 572.8 WAR | 34480000568729 | NF |