Reviews for The molecular basis of sex and differentiation

The average rating for The molecular basis of sex and differentiation based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-10-21 00:00:00 Rex Fernandez Wonderful book. It helped me, at first place, to realise how humans understand things by putting them into patterns. This happens with sex and genders. While evolution of life ended up with two sexes as a process of proliferation, genders have different forms that are beyond the reach of our imagination.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-15 00:00:00 Gerald Anderson Ii Four stars for a combination of cool tidbits of facts in combination of sheer weirdness. It's all in all not a very well written book, but the small stories have stuck with me for years (a bit likeThe Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS). Best read in combination with Jared Diamond's The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal (which is much the same as Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality also by him). Together you get a completly new view on where the sexes come from, how different sexes looks in different species and what seems reasonable to assume about our own species. Oh, and of course one should also read The Selfish Gene. But regardless of how many other great books there are I'd say this book is a really easy read with a great overview of everything from the first cells and amoebas to the possibility of human non-sexual reproduction. Ps. It is also possible that I'm giving this book a high rating based on the cover of my Penguin edition with a lovely corpulent couple on a beach.