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DNA : a graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world / Israel Rosenfield, Edward Ziff, &Borin Van Loon. by Rosenfield, Israel, 1939- New York : Columbia University Press, c2011. Subjects DNA -- Popular works. ISBN:  9780231142717 (pbk. : alk. paper) : Description:  xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 572.86 Ro Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 572.86 Ro Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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