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Format:
Book
Title:
Genetics
ISBN:
9780822529101
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, ©2006.
Physical Description:
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Series title(s):
Contents:
Best in Show -- An Amazing Monk -- Natural Selection and New Views of Life -- More Clues to the Inheritance Puzzle -- Molecular Detective Work -- The Double Helix --Life's Secret Code -- The Rise of Biotechnology -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Biographies.
Summary:
The book skillfully explains the discovery of DNA and the emergence of modern biotechnology, including how DNA is replicated, how genes are expressed and translated as cell proteins, and how the human genome is being mapped.
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