The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our lives
Anne Becker
THE X IN SEX: HOW THE X CHROMOSOME CONTROLS OUR LIVES
BY DAVID BAINBRIDGE
(Harvard University Press, 2003)
Move over chromosome Y: X is seizing the genetic throne. Or so says British biologist David Bainbridge in this comprehensive examination of the female chromosome’s role in human life and well-being. Culling past and current scientific research, the book explores X’s history and future in a quest to explain why the genetic scrap is the more powerful of the two sex chromosomes. Along the way, Bainbridge addresses such topics as sex-linked diseases and the cellular similarity of identical twins, all the while keeping an unbiased scientific view of why males and females differ.
COPYRIGHT 2003 Sussex Publishers, Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
