The genome generation / Elizabeth Finkel.

  • Finkel, Elizabeth.
Date:
2012
  • Books

About this work

Description

The year 2001 saw the completion of the human genome project, the culmination of a fourteen-year, $3 billion international race to read every letter of the code that makes up a human being. Reading this code was the most profound revelation in the history of knowledge, with the potential to unveil the secret of what makes us human. After three years of investigation, Elizabeth Finkel brings us the biggest news stories from the genetics frontier. She looks at the revolution in the areas of medicine, agriculture and evolution, travelling from Botswana to Boston, from Singapore to Mexico, from wheatfields in the Wimmera plains to laboratories all over Australia to help us understand what is happening in 'The Genome Generation'.

Publication/Creation

Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2012.

Physical description

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-264) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QH445.2 2012F56g
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780522856477
  • 0522856470