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A life decoded : my genome, my life / J. Craig Venter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Venter, J. Craig.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Venter, J. Craig.
- Geneticists--United States--Biography.
- Geneticists.
- Human gene mapping--History.
- Human gene mapping.
- DNA--Analysis--History.
- DNA.
- Genetics.
- DNA--Analysis.
- History.
- United States.
- Chromosome Mapping.
- Genome, Human.
- Sequence Analysis, DNA.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetics.
- United States.
- Chromosome Mapping.
- Genome, Human.
- Sequence Analysis, DNA.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2007.
- Summary:
- In this triumphant true story of one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today, Venter tells of the unparalleled drama in the quest to map the human genome--a tale that involves as much politics as science. 16-page b&w photo insert.
- Contents:
- Writing my code
- University of death
- Adrenaline junkie
- Starting over in Buffalo
- Scientific heaven, bureaucratic hell
- Big biology
- TIGR cub
- Gene wars
- Shotgun sequencing
- Institutional divorce
- Sequencing the human
- Mad magazine and destructive businessmen
- Flying forward
- The first human genome
- The White House, June 26, 2000
- Publish and be damned
- Blue planet and new life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-374) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670063581
- 0670063584
- OCLC:
- 165048736
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