The Human Genome Project : cracking the code within us / Elizabeth L. Marshall.

  • Marshall, Elizabeth L.
Date:
[1996], ©1996
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Description

Summary: Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping; includes concerns of critics of the project

Publication/Creation

New York : F. Watts, [1996], ©1996.

Physical description

128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents

Who are you? -- Tiny genetic errors -- Mapping chromosome -- The hunt for the cystic fibrosis gene -- Genome centers -- Mice and flies under investigation -- The perils of genetic testing -- The big picture -- Of atom bombs and cancer -- Into the future

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic references (p. 119-121) and index

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QH445.2 1996M37h
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0531112993