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The gene : a historical perspective /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007003661.html |
Table of Contents:
- Ancient and medieval inheritance
- Renaissance and enlightenment views of inheritance
- Heredity in the 19th century
- Gregor Mendel and the concept of the gene
- The gene and unifying biology
- Molecular biology and the gene
- The switch to DNA
- Manipulating DNA
- The human genome project
- Genetics today
- The gene and ethical issues.