The Science Times Book of GeneticsThe Science Times Book of Genetics
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Book, 1999
Current format, Book, 1999, , No Longer Available.
Book, 1999
Current format, Book, 1999, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
Brings together some 40 science articles from The New York Times explaining the latest research in one of the fastest changing and most provocative subjects in science today. Written for general readers and science buffs, articles are organized in sections on genetics as history, discovering human genes, architecture of DNA, building an organism, genes and disease, and genes and the lifespan. Includes a brief guide to the language of biology. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Essays by experts in the field explore the history, research, processes, and ethical concerns of genetic research, including the role of genes in cancer and treatment, life extension, and cloning
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