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Contains 60% new material, reflecting rapid advances in human gene research and the implications on society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richards, Julia E.
Otros Autores: Hawley, R. Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Elsevier science in society series.
Temas:
Human genome.
Human gene mapping.
Human genetics.
Medical genetics.
Genome, Human
Genetics, Medical
Génome humain.
Cartes chromosomiques humaines.
Génétique humaine.
Génétique médicale.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
Medical genetics
Human gene mapping
Human genetics
Human genome
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Section 1 THE BASICS OF HEREDITY
  • 1 SLAYING MOLECULAR DRAGONS: BRENDA'S TALE
  • 2 THE ANSWER IN A NUT SHELL: GENES, PROTEINS, AND THE BASIS OF LIFE
  • 3 MENDEL AND THE CONCEPT OF THE GENE
  • 4 HUMAN MENDELIAN GENETICS
  • 5 ONE MAN'S TRAIT IS ANOTHER MAN'S DISEASE
  • Section 2 THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  • 6 DNA: THE GENETIC ALPHABET
  • 7 THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: HOW GENES ENCODE PROTEINS
  • 8 SPLICING THE MODULAR GENE
  • 9 ORCHESTRATING THE HUMAN GENOME
  • Section 3 HOW CHROMOSOMES MOVE
  • 10 SO WHAT ARE CHROMOSOMES ANYWAY?
  • 11 HOW CELLS MOVE YOUR GENES AROUND
  • 12 PASSING GENES BETWEEN GENERATIONS
  • 13 THE CHROMOSOMAL BASIS OF HEREDITY
  • Section 4 MUTATION
  • 14 ABSENT ESSENTIALS AND MONKEY WRENCHES
  • 15 HOW WE DETECT MUTATIONS
  • 16 WE ARE ALL MUTANTS
  • 17 WHAT CONSTITUTES NORMAL?
  • 18 MUTATIONS IN MAMMOTH GENES
  • 19 EXPANDED REPEAT TRAITS
  • Section 5 GENES, CHROMOSOMES, AND SEX
  • 20 THE X AND Y CHROMOSOMES: THE ODD COUPLE
  • 21 GENETICS OF SEX, GENDER, AND ORIENTATION
  • 22 ANEUPLOIDY: WHEN TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE COUNTS
  • Section 6 BREAKING THE RULES
  • 23 IMPRINTING
  • 24 IMITATING HEREDITY: ONE TRAIT, MANY CAUSES
  • Section 7 THE HUMAN GENOME LANDSCAPE
  • 25 THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
  • 26 THERE'S CLONING AND THEN THERE'S CLONING
  • 27 THE HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCE
  • 28 FINDING GENES IN THE HUMAN GENOME
  • Section 8 COMPLEX AND HETEROGENEOUS TRAITS
  • 29 GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS
  • 30 HOW COMPLEX CAN IT GET?
  • 31 QUANTITATIVE TRAITS
  • 32 THE MAOA GENE: IS THERE A GENETIC BASIS FOR CRIMINALITY?
  • 33 THE MULTIPLE-HIT HYPOTHESIS: THE GENETICS OF CANCER
  • Section 9 GENETIC TESTING AND THERAPY
  • 34 GENETIC TESTING AND SCREENING
  • 35 MAGIC BULLETS: THE POTENTIAL FOR GENE THERAPY
  • Section 10 FEARS, FAITH, AND FANTASIES
  • 36 HEROES AMONG US
  • 37 FEARS, FAITH, AND FANTASIES
  • Credits
  • Index
  • Last Page.

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