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Author Wheelwright, Jeff.

Title The wandering gene and the Indian princess : race, religion, and DNA / Jeff Wheelwright.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.9944 W571    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index.
Contents Girasol -- Predestination -- The wandering gene -- El convento -- The lost tribe -- From the morada to the Kingdom Hall -- The DNA age -- Last days of the Indian princess -- When Harry met Stanley -- The obligate carrier.
Summary Reveals the surprising history of a family who believed themselves to be of Native American and Spanish Catholic descent after one family member developed breast cancer and was discovered to be carrying a genetic variant characteristic of Jews.
Subject Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects -- Popular works.
Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors -- Popular works.
Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects.
Genetics.
Medicine -- History.
Breast Neoplasms -- genetics.
Genetic Predisposition to Disease.
Ethnicity -- genetics.
Genes, BRCA1.
History of Medicine.
Religion.
ISBN 9780393081916 hardback
0393081915 hardback
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