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Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics
Philip R. Reilly
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor, NY : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2000.
ISBN: 0879696494   LCC: QH431   Edition: (pbk.)

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Part 1. History: Using DNA to Understand the Past -- 1.. Abraham
Lincoln: Did He Have Marfan Syndrome? -- 2.. Kings and Queens:
Genetic Diseases in Royal Families -- 3.. Toulouse-Lautrec: An Artist
despite His Genes -- 4.. Old Bones: DNA and Skeletons -- Part 2.
Justice: The DNA Revolution in the Courts -- 5.. DNA Detectives: The
New DNA Evidence -- 6.. Cold Hits: The Rise of DNA Felon Databanks --
7.. Genes and Violence: Do Mutations Cause Crime? -- 8.. Wrongful
Birth: What Should the Doctor Know? -- Part 3. Behavior: Do Genes
Make Us the Way We Are? -- 9.. Mental Illness: How Much Is Genetic?
-- 10.. Personality: Were We Born This Way? -- 11.. Talent: Nature or
Nurture? -- 12.. Gay Genes: What's the Evidence? -- Part 4. Plants
and Animals: Genetic Engineering and Nature -- 13.. Genetically
Modified Organisms: The Next Green Revolution? -- 14.. Transgenic
Animals: New Foods and New Factories -- 15.. Endangered Species: New
Genes Beat Extinction -- 16.. Xenotransplantation: Animal Organs to
Save Humans -- Part 5. Diseases: The Genetic Revolution in Medicine
-- 17.. Cystic Fibrosis: Should Everyone Be Tested? -- 18.. Breast
Cancer: The Burden of Knowing -- 19.. Alzheimer Disease: Are You at
High Risk? -- 20.. Gene Therapy: The Dream and the Reality -- Part 6.
Dilemmas: Genetic Technologies and Individual Choice -- 21.. Genetic
Testing and Privacy: Who Should Be Able to Know Your Genes? -- 22..
Frozen Embryos: People or Property? -- 23.. Cloning: Why Is Everyone
Opposed? -- 24.. Eugenics: Can We Improve the Gene Pool?

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LCC Number: QH431

Book Details:

Physical Description: xx, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk.)

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