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The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life

By Alfonso Martinez Arias Ph.D.
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$35.00
By Alfonso Martinez Arias Ph.D.
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"An ingenious argument" (Kirkus) for a "novel thesis" (Publishers Weekly) that cells, not DNA, hold the key to understanding life’s past and present

What defines who we are? For decades, the answer has seemed obvious: our genes, the “blueprint of life.” In The Master Builder, biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias argues we’ve been missing the bigger picture. It’s not our genes that define who we are, but our cells. While genes are important, nothing in our DNA explains why the heart is on the ...

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