The Peppered MothA portrait of four generations of one family, this story explores themes of inheritance, DNA, the individual's place in history and fate. It spans from Bessie Bawtry, a small child living in a Yorkshire mining town in 1905, to her granddaughter, listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance. |
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... look more closely , appear to be covered with charts and family trees . Diagrams of brightly coloured molecules and double helices are on view . This is some sort of genealogical assembly . The letters DNA appear upon a large banner ...
... look more closely , appear to be covered with charts and family trees . Diagrams of brightly coloured molecules and double helices are on view . This is some sort of genealogical assembly . The letters DNA appear upon a large banner ...
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... look at them , afraid they could still cause her pain . Now that he was gone , now that the story was over , perhaps she would be able to dare to look at them again . They could not be taken away from her now . They were hers . No more ...
... look at them , afraid they could still cause her pain . Now that he was gone , now that the story was over , perhaps she would be able to dare to look at them again . They could not be taken away from her now . They were hers . No more ...
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... look for her gold bracelet , her father's silver watch and her mother's engagement ring . So far , Faro has not discovered them . She will have one more look , in Auntie Dora's bedroom . She climbs the narrow stair- case , lit from ...
... look for her gold bracelet , her father's silver watch and her mother's engagement ring . So far , Faro has not discovered them . She will have one more look , in Auntie Dora's bedroom . She climbs the narrow stair- case , lit from ...
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