{"id":4,"date":"2004-12-06T17:08:57","date_gmt":"2004-12-06T23:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/?p=4"},"modified":"2010-09-07T19:39:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T01:39:46","slug":"genome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/20041206\/genome\/","title":{"rendered":"Genome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0060932902\/apocomb-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/i\/z\/Genome.jpg\" alt=\"Genome Cover\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Genome<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Matt Ridley<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><br \/>\nAs the extended title says, this is &#8220;The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters&#8221;. Each chapter dedicated to a gene located on each one of the chromosomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong><br \/>\nUnexpectedly humorous and, despite the random nature of the structure, smooth flowing.<\/p>\n<p>The comfortable narrative easily draws the reader to the subject and, once there, the effacing humor keeps it tight.<\/p>\n<p>For each chapter Ridely picks a great charactor and keeps the narrative moving around. Each gene is recognizable or at least relatable. This is no biology lesson, a few chapters focus on the technological nature of the gene, but most uncover the historical lineage of the gene or illustrate the social significance of the gene.<\/p>\n<p>No need to be pre-med to enjoy, just mildy informed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendation<\/strong><br \/>\nHaving just completed my second reading of this book I would certainly recommend it to those interested in the whole of the human genome: scientific and social.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genome by Matt Ridley Synopsis As the extended title says, this is &#8220;The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters&#8221;. Each chapter dedicated to a gene located on each one of the chromosomes. Review Unexpectedly humorous and, despite the random nature of the structure, smooth flowing. The comfortable narrative easily draws the reader to the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/20041206\/genome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Genome&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sb6Km-genome","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}