★ 解開人類DNA密碼,理解「我們是誰」的關鍵之書★ 從23對染色體出發,一場橫跨生命史的科學旅程★ 結合科學 × 歷史 × 哲學,最引人入勝的基因故事★ 百萬暢銷科普經典,帶你看見未來醫學的輪廓本書以23對染色體為主軸,透過基因故事串聯人類演化、疾病、行為與未來醫學,呈現基因科學的全貌。作者以生動敘事解釋複雜概念,同時探討基因技術帶來的倫理與哲學議題。內容兼具知識深度與可讀性,是理解基因與人類本質的重要科普經典。The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.The genome is our 100,000 or so genes. The genome is the collective recipe for the building and running of the human body. These 100,000 genes are sited across 23 pairs of chromosomes. Genome, a book of about 100,000 words, is divided into 23 chapters, a chapter for each chromosome. The first chromosome, for example, contains our oldest genes, genes which we have in common with plants.By looking at our genes we can see the story of our evolution, what makes us individual, how our sexuality is determined, how we acquire language, why we are vunerable to certain diseases, how mind has arisen. Genome also argu