The human genome : a user's guide, 2nd ed
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Julia E Richards; R Scott Hawley
- ناشر : Amsterdam : Academic
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780123334626
Description
The Basics of Heredity -- Slaying Molecular Dragons: Brenda's Tale -- The Answer In A Nutshell: Genes, Proteins, and the Basis of Life -- Mendel and the Concept of the Gene -- Human Mendelian Genetics -- One Man's Trait Is Another Man's Disease -- The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology -- DNA: The Genetic Alphabet -- The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology: How Genes Encode Proteins -- Splicing the Modular Gene -- Orchestrating the Human Genome -- How Chromosomes Move -- So What are Chromosomes Anyway? -- How Cells Move Your Genes Around -- Passing Genes Between Generations -- The Chromosomal Basis of Heredity -- Mutation -- Absent Essentials and Monkey Wrenches -- How We Detect Mutations -- We Are All Mutants -- What Constitutes Normal? -- Mutations in Mammoth Genes -- Expanded Repeat Traits -- Genes, Chromosomes, and Sex -- The X and Y Chromosomes: The Odd Couple -- Genetics of Sex, Gender, and Orientation -- Aneuploidy: When Too Much or Too Little Counts -- Breaking the Rules -- Imprinting -- Imitating Heredity: One Trait, Many Causes -- The Human Genome Landscape -- The Human Genome Project -- There's Cloning and Then There's Cloning -- The Human Genome Sequence -- Finding Genes in the Human Genome -- Complex and Heterogeneous Traits -- Genotype Phenotype Correlations -- How Complex Can It Get? -- Quantitative Traits -- The MAOA Gene: It There a Genetic Basis for Criminality? -- The Multiple-Hit Hypothesis: The Genetics of Cancer -- Genetic Testing and Therapy -- Genetic Testing and Screening.
"The Human Genome: A User's Guide focuses on the genome that makes us who we are and presents the basics in a clear and readable way for those of us who are not geneticists, even for people who haven't had a science class since high school. This is one of those rare books that truly succeeds in presenting sound and modern science in a completely accessible way. To understand the science and the ethics we all need to understand the genetic data within our cells and what can and should be done, now and in the future, with that information." "The authors take us through recent developments from the Human Genome Project and current issues regarding cloning, gene therapy, and genetic ethics, including the eugenics movement. Readers will learn concepts in the context of both what is accepted as classical genetics and what is still being debated."--Jacket
