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Burton Guttman (Professor of Biology, Evergreen State University, USA), David Suzuki (Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada), Tara Cullis
ISBN: 9781851683048
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
Edition: illustrated edition
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Starting with the history of genetics, from primitive breeding programmes to Mendel's Law, and moving on to a full explanation of genetics and its role in our future, this book offers a comprehensive survey of genetics past, present and future.
With genetics and genetic engineering receiving almost daily coverage in the media, this book is an introduction for general readers who wish to know more about a science that is changing our world. Starting with the history of genetics, from primitive breeding programmes to Mendel's Law, and moving on to a full explanation of genetics and its role in our future, this is a comprehensive survey of genetics past, present and future.
| ISBN | 1851683046 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9781851683048
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oneworld Publications | | Weight (grammes) | 386 | | Imprint | Oneworld Publications | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Oneworld Beginners' Guides | | Publication date | 25 Nov 2002 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | QH | | Width (mm) | 135 | | DEWEY | 576.5 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Children, General, Tertiary education, Teenage / young adult |
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| | | Preface | | | | 1 | | Genetics: past, present and future | | 1 | | | | The search for order and meaning | | 3 | | | | The modern image of science | | 5 | | | | The prospects of modern genetics | | 10 | | 2 | | From myth to modern science | | 13 | | | | Primitive interest in heredity | | 15 | | | | Mythology and the domestication of plants and animals | | 16 | | | | Heredity in human society | | 20 | | | | How are children made? | | 23 | | 3 | | What is inherited? | | 29 | | | | Cellular structure | | 30 | | | | Molecular structure | | 34 | | | | Growth and biosynthesis | | 41 | | | | Enzymes | | 43 | | | | Synthesizing polymers | | 46 | | | | Cells as self-renewing, self-reproducing factories | | 48 | | 4 | | The breakthrough: mendel's laws | | 49 | | | | Mendel's discoveries | | 50 | | | | Pedigrees | | 53 | | | | Another example: tasters and non-tasters | | 58 | | | | Blood types | | 60 | | | | Multiple alleles and dominance | | 63 | | | | Test crosses | | 64 | | | | Probability | | 64 | | | | Two or more genes | | 66 | | | | Mendel's first law and disputed paternity | | 68 | | | | Answers to blood types questions | | 70 | | 5 | | Chromosomes, reproduction, and sex | | 71 | | | | Cells and reproduction | | 71 | | | More... | | |
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