DNA : the secret of life /
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 446 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0375415467
- 576.5 21
- QH437 .W387 2003
- QU 11.1
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574.97 QUI The winter woods / | 574.973 DOU My wilderness: east to Katahdin. | 574.974 FOR The seasons of New Hampshire / | 576.6 WAT DNA : the secret of life / | 577.3 WES Reading the forested landscape : | 577.34 LOW Life in the treetops : | 577.63 EGA The death and life of the Great Lakes / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 agriculture -- The human genome: life's screenplay -- Reading genomes: evolution in action -- Out of Africa: DNA and the human past -- Genetic fingerprinting: DNA's day in court -- Gene hunting: the genetics of human disease -- Defying disease: treating and preventing genetic disorders -- Who we are: nature vs. nurture.
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