Title: The Human Genome Project : cracking the genetic code of life /
Authors: Lee, Thomas F.,
Publisher: Plenum Press,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Human Genome Project.; Human Genome Project.; Human gene mapping.; Gene mapping.; Human Genome Project; Chromosome Mapping; Genome, Human
Abstract: Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping; includes concerns of critics of the project.
Contents: Journey begins -- First synthesis -- Flowers, flies, molds, and microbes -- DNA: models and meaning -- Sticky ends and a new creation -- Send in the clones -- Maps and markers -- Disease, diagnosis, and therapy -- Plan: promises and problems -- Big sceince, bad science? -- Genes and judgements