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Abraham Lincoln's DNA : And Other Adventures in Genetics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reilly, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbury : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""HISTORY Using DNA to Understand the Past""; ""1 Abraham Lincoln Did He Have Marfan Syndrome?""; ""2 Kings and Queens Genetic Diseases in Royal Families""; ""3 Toulouse- Lautrec An Artist despite His Genes""; ""4 Old Bones DNA and Skeletons""; ""JUSTICE The DNA Revolution in the Courts""; ""5 DNA Detectives The New DNA Evidence""; ""6 Cold Hits The Rise of DNA Felon Databanks""; ""7 Genes and Violence Do Mutations Cause Crime?""; ""8 Wrongful Birth What Should the Doctor Know?""; ""BEHAVIOR Do Genes Make Us the Way We Are?""
  • ""9 Mental Illness How Much Is Genetic?""""10 Personality Were We Born This Way?""; ""11 Talent Nature or Nurture?""; ""12 Gay Genes What's the Evidence?""; ""PLANTS AND ANIMALS Genetic Engineering and Nature""; ""13 Genetically Modified Organisms The Next Green Revolution?""; ""14 Transgenic Animals New Foods and New Factories""; ""15 Endangered Species New Genes Beat Extinction""; ""16 Xenotransplantation Animal Organs to Save Humans""; ""DISEASES The Genetic Revolution in Medicine""; ""17 Cystic Fibrosis Should Everyone Be Tested?""; ""18 Breast Cancer The Burden of Knowing""
  • ""19 Alzheimer Disease Are You at High Risk?""""20 Gene Therapy The Dream and the Reality""; ""DILEMMAS Genetic Technologies and Individual Choice""; ""21 Genetic Testing and Privacy Who Should Be Able to Know Your Genes?""; ""22 Frozen Embryos People or Property?""; ""23 Cloning Why Is Everyone Opposed?""; ""24 Eugenics Can We Improve the Gene Pool?""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""