DNA : the story of the genetic revolution
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385351188
- ISBN: 0385351186
- ISBN: 9780385351201
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xiv, 487 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm - Edition: Revised and updated [second edition].
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Newly Revised and updated"--Cover. "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Subtitle of first edition: The secret of life. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-456) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : The secret of life -- Beginnings of genetics : from Mendel to Hitler -- The double helix : this is life -- Reading the code : bringing DNA to life -- Playing God : customized DNA molecules -- DNA, dollars, and drugs : biotechnology -- Tempest in a cereal box : genetically modified food -- The human genome : life's screenplay -- Personal genetics : the first of the rest of us -- Reading genomes : evolution in action -- Out of Africa : DNA and the human past -- Genetic fingerprinting : DNA's day in court -- Disease genes : hunting and treating human disease -- Who we are : nature vs. nurture -- Cancer : war without end? -- Coda : Our genes and our future. |
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Subject: | Genetics Popular works DNA Popular works DNA history DNA Fingerprinting Genetic Engineering Genetics history Genome, Human |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QH 437 .W38 2017 | 30775305542574 | General Collection | Available | - |