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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Richards, Julia E. Human genome. San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2004559151 (OCoLC)57003505 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Julia E Richards; R Scott Hawley |
| ISBN: | 9780080474588 0080474586 9780080518855 0080518850 |
| OCLC Number: | 123417822 |
| Notes: | First edition by R. Scott Hawley and Catherine A. Mori. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (465 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents: | Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Section 1 THE BASICS OF HEREDITY -- 1 SLAYING MOLECULAR DRAGONS: BRENDA'S TALE -- 2 THE ANSWER IN A NUT SHELL: GENES, PROTEINS, AND THE BASIS OF LIFE -- 3 MENDEL AND THE CONCEPT OF THE GENE -- 4 HUMAN MENDELIAN GENETICS -- 5 ONE MAN'S TRAIT IS ANOTHER MAN'S DISEASE -- Section 2 THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY -- 6 DNA: THE GENETIC ALPHABET -- 7 THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: HOW GENES ENCODE PROTEINS -- 8 SPLICING THE MODULAR GENE -- 9 ORCHESTRATING THE HUMAN GENOME -- Section 3 HOW CHROMOSOMES MOVE -- 10 SO WHAT ARE CHROMOSOMES ANYWAY? -- 11 HOW CELLS MOVE YOUR GENES AROUND -- 12 PASSING GENES BETWEEN GENERATIONS -- 13 THE CHROMOSOMAL BASIS OF HEREDITY -- Section 4 MUTATION -- 14 ABSENT ESSENTIALS AND MONKEY WRENCHES -- 15 HOW WE DETECT MUTATIONS -- 16 WE ARE ALL MUTANTS -- 17 WHAT CONSTITUTES NORMAL? -- 18 MUTATIONS IN MAMMOTH GENES -- 19 EXPANDED REPEAT TRAITS -- Section 5 GENES, CHROMOSOMES, AND SEX -- 20 THE X AND Y CHROMOSOMES: THE ODD COUPLE -- 21 GENETICS OF SEX, GENDER, AND ORIENTATION -- 22 ANEUPLOIDY: WHEN TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE COUNTS -- Section 6 BREAKING THE RULES -- 23 IMPRINTING -- 24 IMITATING HEREDITY: ONE TRAIT, MANY CAUSES -- Section 7 THE HUMAN GENOME LANDSCAPE -- 25 THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT -- 26 THERE'S CLONING AND THEN THERE'S CLONING -- 27 THE HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCE -- 28 FINDING GENES IN THE HUMAN GENOME -- Section 8 COMPLEX AND HETEROGENEOUS TRAITS -- 29 GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS -- 30 HOW COMPLEX CAN IT GET? -- 31 QUANTITATIVE TRAITS -- 32 THE MAOA GENE: IS THERE A GENETIC BASIS FOR CRIMINALITY? -- 33 THE MULTIPLE-HIT HYPOTHESIS: THE GENETICS OF CANCER -- Section 9 GENETIC TESTING AND THERAPY -- 34 GENETIC TESTING AND SCREENING -- 35 MAGIC BULLETS: THE POTENTIAL FOR GENE THERAPY -- Section 10 FEARS, FAITH, AND FANTASIES -- 36 HEROES AMONG US -- 37 FEARS, FAITH, AND FANTASIES -- Credits -- Index -- Last Page. |
| Series Title: | Elsevier science in society series. |
| Responsibility: | Julia E. Richards, R. Scott Hawley. |
Abstract:
The human genome has been officially mapped. This title reflects the tremendous pace of human genetics research and the demands that it places on society to understand and absorb its basic
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