Genetic principles : human and social consequences / Gordon Edlin.
Publication details: Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c1984.Description: xv, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0867200162 :
- QU 450 M981g 1984
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | QU 450 M981g 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22010851 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
1. preface to life. Atoms and Molecules
2. Cells. The Smallest Living Organisms
3. DNA. The Carrier of Genetic Information
4. Genetic Information. How Genes are exchanged
5. Genetic Information. How Genes are expressed
6. The Genetic Code. The Dictionary of Life
7. Mutations Changes in DNA
8. Cancer. Not a Hereditary Disease
9. Gene Regulation. Switching Genes
10 Recombinant DNA Technology. Opening Pandora's Box
11. Mendel's Experiments. The Foundation of Genetics
12. Human Reproduction. How Sex is Determined
13. Human Hereditary Diseases. How Mutations are Transmitted
14. Genetic Diseases. Screening and Counseling
15. Somatic Cell Genetics. Manipulating Genes in the Laboratory
16. Immunogenetics and Antibodies. Protection against Disease
17. Evolution. Natural Selection and Population
18. Evolution. Biological History in Fossils and Molecules
19. Nature Versus Nurture. The Social Consequences of Biology Determination
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