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DNA : a graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world
- Author
- Rosenfield, Israel, 1939-
- Title
- DNA : a graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world / Israel Rosenfield, Edward Ziff, & Borin Van Loon.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.
- Description
- xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Other contributors
- Ziff, Edward. Van Loon, Borin, 1951-
- Variant title
- D.N.A.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257).
- Contents
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- 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 evolution and the DNA beginnings of vocal expression : birdsong and language
- Epilogue to the first edition.
- Subject headings
- DNA--Popular works. Graphic novels.
- ISBN
- 9780231142700 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231142717 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780231512312 (e-book) 0231142706 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231142714 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0231512317 (e-book)