by Armand Marie Leroi · Harper Collins · tapa dura · ISBN 9780002571135
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«Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body» is the scientific essay by Armand Marie Leroi, published by HarperCollins in hardcover.
The book explains how the body develops from a single cell, grows and ages, and what molecular genetics reveals about the formation of limbs. Drawing on clinical cases such as sex changes at puberty, cyclopia or dwarfism, it shows what happens when cellular development fails and how these anomalies illuminate human biology.
The first edition was published in 2003. The text is in English and the edition has 320 pages. The book received the Guardian First Book Award in 2004.
For readers interested in popular science, genetics and unusual clinical stories.
