DNA
Subtitle: a graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world
By: Israel Rosenfield, Edward Ziff, and Borin Van Loon
Contributors: Ziff, Edward; Van Loon, Borin, 1951-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780231142700; 9780231142717; 9780231512312
Subjects: DNA; Graphic novels; Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of genetics; title: What is DNA; title: The new biology; title: DNA replication; title: What information is stored in a gene?; title: Where did the notion of messenger RNA come from?; title: Transcription; title: Translation; title: Genetic code; title: Pajamo and the operon; title: The diversity of gene expression; title: A brief reminder of relative size; title: A brief reminder of genes in humans; title: Prokaryotes versus eukaryotes; title: Restriction enzymes and genetic engineering; title: Cloning and sequencing genes; title: Exons, introns, and splicing; title: Chromatin and histones; title: Gene families; title: Controlling genes for antibodies; title: Chromosomes; title: Telomeres; title: Imprinting and microRNAs: hidden layers of gene regulation; title: Epigenetics; title: Prions; title: The human genome project; title: The human genome unveiled; title: High throughput sequencing; title: Snps; title: Manipulating the genome; title: Cloning the organism the history; title: From the nucleus of an intestinal cell to a whole frog; title: Making tissues from stem cells; title: Going in the other direction: changing mature cells to stem cells; title: The impact of new genetics on medical research; title: Diagnosis; title: DNA and the judicial system; title: PCR; title: The impact of dna; title: Biotechnology; title: The origin of life; title: Tinkering; title: Selfish genes; title: Evolving evolution sources of Darwinian theory; title: The big gene bet of the last millennium (1999 a.d.); title: The twists and turns of history: the problems with gradualism; title: Watching evolution in action: changes in the stickleback fish; title: DNA and genetics and the changing view of human evolution; title: Human migration; title: Human evolution and the DNA beginnings of vocal expression: birdsong and language.