The Human Genome Sourcebook
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573565296 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tara Acharya is a consultant with the Rockefeller Foundation working on international health issues. She is the author of Microbes and People: An A-to-Z of Microorganisms in Our Lives (Oryx, 2001).. She was a research associate at the University of Toronto and has worked as a scientist in the biotechnology industry.Neeraja
Liberal cross-references link relevant sections, and a thorough index makes it easy to locate topics. The introduction puts current genetics research into historical context and explores its social implications. In this volume, a scientist and a freelance science writer team up to explain the basics of genetic theory for the general reader. This sourcebook presents basic biochemistry necessary for readers to understand genes' composition and function. Following an overview of the progress of genetic research in the past century, the
Designed for today's reader who demands quick answers to a wide range of questions, this book is intended to offer the nonspecialist a first-stop, but fairly detailed, guide to the genome. This is not another book about the Human Genome Project. It is, however, about the human genome: the genes that make it up, what the genes do when they are acting properly, and what happens when these genes are damaged. The information it provides is given context: namely, the basic scientific principles of genome research, the new knowledge unearthed or created by this research, and the social and ethical implications of this knowledge.
"Scientifically Challenging for the General Reader but a Solid Work" according to David C. Lane. Reviewed by Dr. Andrea DiemThis textbook is essentially a summary of the 1990s Human Genome Project, also referred to as the "Book of Life," or the "blueprint" or "recipe book." The recipe is the genome, derived from the words gene and chromosome.While the Human Genome Sourcebook was written with the general reader in mind, it is still scientifically challenging. The authors refer to their work as a reference volume and certainly that is what it is. This reference text begins wit