The genome generation / Elizabeth Finkel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkel, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gene mapping.

Genetics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2012.

Summary:

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'.

Contents:

1 The Idea of a Gene 1

2 'Junk is Telling Us Something' 21

3 Lamarck Returns 50

4 Your Genetic Future 88

5 Surviving AIDS 118

6 Feeding Nine Billion 158

7 Meet Your Ancestor 186.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0522856470

9780522856477

OCLC:

743215098

Publisher Number:

99949573509