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The book devotes one chapter to each pair of human [[chromosome]]s. Since one (unnumbered) chapter is required to discuss the [[sex chromosome]]s, the final chapter is number 22. Ridley was inspired to adopt this model by [[Primo Levi]]'s book ''[[The Periodic Table (bookshort story collection)|The Periodic Table]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dawkins |first=Richard |authorlink=Richard Dawkins |title=The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkATDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |year=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-921681-9 |page=35}}</ref>