The human genome : a user's guide /
Contains 60% new material, reflecting rapid advances in human gene research and the implications on society.
| Основен автор: | Richards, Julia E. |
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| Други автори: | Hawley, R. Scott. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
San Diego, Calif. :
Elsevier Academic Press,
℗♭2005.
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| Издание: | 2nd ed. |
| Серия: |
Elsevier science in society series.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=189473 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Human genome. |
Съдържание:
- 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.