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100 1 _aRosenfield, Israel,
_d1939-
245 1 0 _aDNA :
_ba graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world /
_cIsrael Rosenfield, Edward Ziff, and Borin Van Loon.
260 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axii, 257 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aA 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.
650 0 _aDNA
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aGraphic novels.
700 1 _aZiff, Edward.
700 1 _aVan Loon, Borin,
_d1951-
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