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DNA : a graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world / Israel Rosenfield, Edward Ziff, and Borin Van Loon.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.Description: xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780231142700 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780231142717 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780231512312 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.8/6 22
LOC classification:
  • QP624 .R67 2011
Contents:
A brief history of genetics -- What is DNA -- The new biology -- DNA replication -- What information is stored in a gene? -- Where did the notion of messenger RNA come from? -- Transcription -- Translation -- Genetic code -- Pajamo and the operon -- The diversity of gene expression -- A brief reminder of relative size -- A brief reminder of genes in humans -- Prokaryotes versus eukaryotes -- Restriction enzymes and genetic engineering -- Cloning and sequencing genes -- Exons, introns, and splicing -- Chromatin and histones -- Gene families -- Controlling genes for antibodies -- Chromosomes -- Telomeres -- Imprinting and microRNAs: hidden layers of gene regulation -- Epigenetics -- Prions -- The human genome project -- The human genome unveiled -- High throughput sequencing -- Snps -- Manipulating the genome -- Cloning the organism the history -- From the nucleus of an intestinal cell to a whole frog -- Making tissues from stem cells -- Going in the other direction: changing mature cells to stem cells -- The impact of new genetics on medical research -- Diagnosis -- DNA and the judicial system -- PCR -- The impact of dna -- Biotechnology -- The origin of life -- Tinkering -- Selfish genes -- Evolving evolution sources of Darwinian theory -- The big gene bet of the last millennium (1999 a.d.) -- The twists and turns of history: the problems with gradualism -- Watching evolution in action: changes in the stickleback fish -- DNA and genetics and the changing view of human evolution -- Human migration -- Human evolution and the DNA beginnings of vocal expression: birdsong and language.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks QP624 .R67 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001185064

Includes bibliographical references.

A brief history of genetics -- What is DNA -- The new biology -- DNA replication -- What information is stored in a gene? -- Where did the notion of messenger RNA come from? -- Transcription -- Translation -- Genetic code -- Pajamo and the operon -- The diversity of gene expression -- A brief reminder of relative size -- A brief reminder of genes in humans -- Prokaryotes versus eukaryotes -- Restriction enzymes and genetic engineering -- Cloning and sequencing genes -- Exons, introns, and splicing -- Chromatin and histones -- Gene families -- Controlling genes for antibodies -- Chromosomes -- Telomeres -- Imprinting and microRNAs: hidden layers of gene regulation -- Epigenetics -- Prions -- The human genome project -- The human genome unveiled -- High throughput sequencing -- Snps -- Manipulating the genome -- Cloning the organism the history -- From the nucleus of an intestinal cell to a whole frog -- Making tissues from stem cells -- Going in the other direction: changing mature cells to stem cells -- The impact of new genetics on medical research -- Diagnosis -- DNA and the judicial system -- PCR -- The impact of dna -- Biotechnology -- The origin of life -- Tinkering -- Selfish genes -- Evolving evolution sources of Darwinian theory -- The big gene bet of the last millennium (1999 a.d.) -- The twists and turns of history: the problems with gradualism -- Watching evolution in action: changes in the stickleback fish -- DNA and genetics and the changing view of human evolution -- Human migration -- Human evolution and the DNA beginnings of vocal expression: birdsong and language.

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