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DNA: the Secret of Life
Along with Frances Crick, James Watson discovered the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule. This book describes the fifty years of explosive scientific achievement that derived from their work, including Dolly the sheep, GM foods & designer babies.
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London : Arrow,
c2003
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Table of Contents:
- Beginnings of genetics : From Mendel to Hitler
- The double helix : This is life
- Reading the code : Bringing DNA to life
- Playing God : Customized DNA molecules
- DNA, dollars, and drugs : Biotechnology
- Tempest in a cereal box : Genetically modified agriculture
- The human genome : Life's screenplay
- Reading genomes : Evolution in action
- Out of Africa : DNA and the human past
- Genetic fingerprinting : DNA's day in court
- Gene hunting : The genetics of human disease
- Defying disease : Treating and preventing genetic disorders
- Who we are ; Nature vs. nurture.