Cracking the genome : inside the race to unlock human DNA
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- ISBN: 0743204794
- ISBN: 9780743204798
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310 p. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Free Press, c2001.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-296) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Knights of the double helix : the quest for biology's holy grail -- Reading the book of life : a quick voyage around the human genome -- Eye of the TIGR : J. Craig Venter, maverick sequencer -- Loading the bases : Francis Collins and the DNA detectives -- Circle of life : decoding the first free-living creatures -- Treasures of the lost worlds : the keys to human disease from Tristan da Cunha to Iceland -- Prize fight : the creation of Celera Genomics -- Story of us : the secrets of who we are -- Croesus code : passion, personality, and profit -- Eighth day : braving the new world of designer genes -- Language of God : a defining moment in the history of the human race. |
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