Genetics
Subtitle: from DNA to designer dogs
By: by Kathleen Simpson ; Sarah Tishkoff, consultant.
Contributors: Tishkoff, Sarah.
Series: National Geographic investigates; National Geographic investigates
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781426303272; 9781426303616
Subjects: Genetics -- Juvenile literature; Genetics
Genres: Juvenile literature
Other titles: From DNA to designer dogs
Description: Ever since scientists first cloned Dolly, genetics has been a hot-button topic in the media and the political world. Authoritative 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.
Table of contents: title: Message from the consultant --; title: Mendel, the father of modern genetics --; title: Timeline of genetic research --; title: Ancient DNA: Royal genes --; title: Pharaoh gone missing --; title: Historic discoveries --; title: Mysterious mummy is found --; title: Family tree, written in DNA --; title: Problems with ancient DNA --; title: Genetic science reveals the future as well as the past --; title: Genetic science: Green pollution fighters --; title: Rabbit genes in trees --; title: Slow cleanup in the most polluted places --; title: Medium pizza with genetically modified canola oil --; title: Problem or a solution? --; title: Genes for long life --; title: Very old worms --; title: Why is my hair brown? --; title: Switching genes on and off --; title: Inherited traits --; title: Two points of view --; title: Fighting for wildlife: Mysterious animal on the loose in Montana --; title: Gathering gorilla DNA --; title: Extracting DNA --; title: New weapons --; title: Meet a DNA investigator --; title: Microbial DNA: Why is microbial DNA important? --; title: Map of microbial DNA --; title: Scooping up life in the Sargasso Sea --; title: Human genome project --; title: Microbial genome project --; title: Genetics and cloning: Ditteaux, the African wildcat --; title: How does cloning work? --; title: Cloning history --; title: Problems of diversity --; title: Why stop with African wildcats? --; title: Growing a human heart --; title: Years ahead.