Descripción
| Sumario: | The Imprinted Brain sets out a radical new theory of the mind and mental illness based on the recent discovery of genomic imprinting. Imprinted genes are those from one parent that, in that parent's interest, are expressed in an offspring rather than the diametrically opposed genes from the other parent. For example, a higher birth weight may represent the dominance of the father's genes in leading to a healthy child, whereas a lower birth weight is beneficial to the mother's immediate wellbeing, and the imprint of the mother's genes will result in a smaller baby. According to this view, a win.
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
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| Formato: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781846429507
1846429501 |
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |
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| Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
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