Monday, January 30, 2023

Adam's Curse - Bryan Sykes

This was a great read, in my quest to catch up with the origins of DNA science.  The author, Bryan Sykes, first got my attention with his book, Seven Daughters of Eve.  It's entertaining despite all the scientific details.  I've got another one of his books left to read.

Quotes:

"It is no secret that, underneath it all, men are basically genetically modified women."

"..the accumulated rate of non-paternity events...comes to 1.3 % non-paternity events per generation."

"Only men get haemophilia and only men are colour-blind.  Because the genes for both haemophilia and colour-blindness are carried on the X-chromosome."

Published: 2018  Read: January 2023  Genre: Science 

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