Cracking the Genome Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA

Name: Cracking the Genome Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
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ISBN: 9780801871405

ISBN-10: 0801871409

ISBN-13: 9780801871405

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Kevin Davies

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In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick unveiled the double helix structure of DNA. The discovery was a profound moment in the history of science, but solving the structure of the genetic material did not reveal what the human genome sequence actually was, or what it says about who we are. Cracking the code of life would take another half a century. In 2001, two rival teams of scientists shared the acclaim for sequencing the human genome. Kevin Davies, founding editor of Nature Genetics, has relentlessly followed the story as it unfolded week by week since the dawn of the Human Genome Project in 1990. Here, in rich human and scientific detail, is the compelling story of one of the…

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List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition


Introduction



Knights of the Double Helix: The Quest for Biology's Holy Grail



Reading the Book of Life: A Quick Voyage around the Human Genome



The Eye of the TIGR: J. Craig Venter--Maverick Sequencer



Loading the Bases: Francis Collins and the DNA Detectives



The Circle of Life: Decoding the First Free-Living Creatures



Treasures of the Lost Worlds: The Keys to Human Disease from Tristan da Cunha to Iceland



Prize Fight: The Creation of Celera Genomics



The Story of Us: The Secrets of Who We Are



The Croesus Code: Passion, Personality, and Profit



The Eighth Day: Braving the New World of Designer Genes



The Language of God: A Defining Moment in the History of the Human Race



Genomania!


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index