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100 1 $aSimpson, Kathleen,$dactive 2008-2009.
245 10 $aGenetics :$bfrom DNA to designer dogs /$cby Kathleen Simpson ; Sarah Tishkoff, consultant.
246 30 $aFrom DNA to designer dogs
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Geographic,$c2008.
300 $a64 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ;$c26 cm.
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490 1 $aNational Geographic investigates
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.
505 0 $aMessage from the consultant -- Mendel, the father of modern genetics -- Timeline of genetic research. Ancient DNA : Royal genes -- Pharaoh gone missing -- Historic discoveries -- Mysterious mummy is found -- Family tree, written in DNA -- Problems with ancient DNA -- Genetic science reveals the future as well as the past. Genetic science : Green pollution fighters -- Rabbit genes in trees -- Slow cleanup in the most polluted places -- Medium pizza with genetically modified canola oil -- Problem or a solution? Genes for long life : Very old worms -- Why is my hair brown? -- Switching genes on and off -- Inherited traits -- Two points of view. Fighting for wildlife : Mysterious animal on the loose in Montana -- Gathering gorilla DNA -- Extracting DNA -- New weapons -- Meet a DNA investigator. Microbial DNA : Why is microbial DNA important? -- Map of microbial DNA -- Scooping up life in the Sargasso Sea -- Human genome project -- Microbial genome project. Genetics and cloning : Ditteaux, the African wildcat -- How does cloning work? -- Cloning history -- Problems of diversity -- Why stop with African wildcats? -- Growing a human heart -- Years ahead.
520 $aAuthoritative texts that include interviews with experts, useful time lines, diagrams, glossaries, and more bring readers up to date on the latest findings of specific scientific issues and discoveries in the field of genetics, from the Human Genome Project to stem cell research to the National Geographic's own Genographic Project.
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