عنوان

New genetics :

0816056048

9780816056040

b745643

New genetics :

[Book]

the study of lifelines /

J.S. Kidd and Renee A. Kidd.

New York, NY :

Chelsea House,

©2006.

xiv, 210 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm.

Science & society

Previous ed. published in 1999 under title: Life lines: the story of the new genetics.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Heritage and heredity: Mechanics of inheritance -- Early theories -- Emergence of new species -- Early human intervention -- How heredity works: Research -- Interpretation of the results -- Communication -- Modern botany begins -- Experimental breeding -- Thomas Hunt Morgan and his fruit flies: Morgan -- Focus on fruit flies -- Magic places-Productive people: Woods hole and cold spring harbor -- Genetics of corn -- Barbara McClintock -- Science and politics: Eugenics -- Michurin and Lysenko -- Shifting the research focus: Transforming principle -- Dynamic trio -- Race for glory: In research of the structure -- Completing the analysis -- Other outcomes -- Code: How the genes work -- Amino acids and proteins -- Basic rules of genetics -- Wording of the code -- Cell as a production plant -- Genetic analyses: Separating large molecules -- Protein studies -- RNA studies -- DNA sequencing -- DNA profiling -- DNA analysis and crime detections -- Other applications of DNA profiling -- Biohazard: Cancer studies -- Steps toward wider participation -- Clones: Animal cloning -- Cloning at the microbe level -- Practical applications -- Hereditary disease: Genetic markers -- Huntington?s disease -- Other genetic disorders and responses -- Further genetic therapy research -- Genomes: Polymerase chain reactions -- Human genome project -- Human genome -- Comparative genomics -- Proteome -- Genetic screening: Diagnosis and genetic screening -- Aging: Diet -- Hormones and genes -- Other genetic processes -- Oxygen poisoning -- Cell death -- RNA: Catalysts and enzymes -- Enzyme magic -- Host of discoveries -- RNA world -- Stem cells: Embryonic stem cells -- Future prospects -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Web sites -- Index.

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Kidd, J. S., (Jerry S.)

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