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Paperback • 2003 • English • 1. edition

Y: the descent of men

By Steve Jones

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About the book

Men, towards the end of the last millennium, felt a sudden tightening of the bowels with the news that the services of their sex had at last been dispensed with. Dolly the Sheep - conceived without male assistance - had arrived. Her birth reminded at least half the population of how precarious man's position may be. What is the point of being a man? For a brief and essential instant he is a donor of DNA; but outside that glorious moment his role is hard to understand. This book is about science ...Show more

Biology, life sciences

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9780349113890

Publisher

Abacus

Published year

2003

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Y

Format

Paperback

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