by Yount, Lisa.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Authors: Yount, Lisa.--Genetics and genetic engineering. Series: Milestones in discovery and invention Published by : Chelsea House, (New York, NY :) Physical details: xx, 204 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. Subject(s): Genetics --History. | Genetic engineering --History. Year : 2006
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01. English Non Fiction
| Location | Call Number | Serial Data | Published | Status | Date Due |
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| Charlottetown Rural High School | 576.5 YOU | Available |
Rev. ed. of: Genetics and genetic engineering, c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-196) and index.
The code of life: Francis Crick, James Watson, and the structure of DNA -- Gene sandwiches to go: Herbert Boyer, Stanley N. Cohen, and the birth of genetic engineering -- The killers inside: Michael Bishop, Harold Varmus, and genes that cause cancer -- New genes for old: French Anderson and gene therapy -- Death in the family: Nancy Wexler and genes for inherited diseases -- The life-forever worm: Cynthia Kenyon and the genetics of aging -- Hello, Dolly: Ian Wilmut and cloning -- Out of one, many: James Thomson and embryonic stem cells -- The rice that saves eyes: Ingo Potrykus and golden rice -- The genome race: Francis Collins, Craig Venter, and sequencing the human genome -- Chronology -- Glossary.
Profiles geneticists and highlights discoveries they have made; includes Gregor Mendel and the laws of inheritance, James Watson and the structure of DNA, and Stanley Cohen and genetic engineering.