Description |
1 online resource (4 volumes) : color illustrations |
Contents |
Accelerated Aging: Progeria -- Acetylation -- Addiction -- Aging and Life Span -- Agricultural Biotechnology -- Alternative Splicing -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Ames Test -- Amplification -- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome -- Antibiotic Resistance -- Antisense Nucleotides -- Apoptosis -- Arabidopsis Thaliana -- Archaea -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Automated Sequencer -- Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) -- Balanced Polymorphism -- Behavioral Genetics -- Bioinformatics -- Biopesticides -- Bioremediation -- Biotechnology -- Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, History of -- Biotechnology Entrepreneur -- Birth Defects -- Blood Type -- Blotting -- Breast Cancer -- Cancer -- Carcinogens -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Careers in Genetics and Biotechnology -- Cell, Eukaryotic -- Cell, Prokaryotic -- Cell Cycle -- Centromere -- Chaperones -- Chromosomal Aberrations -- Chromosomal Banding -- Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance -- Chromosome, Eukaryotic -- Chromosome, Prokaryotic -- Chromosomes, Artificial -- Clinical Geneticist -- Cloning Genes -- Cloning Organisms -- Cloning: Ethical Issues -- Colon Cancer -- Color Vision -- Combinatorial Chemistry -- Complex Traits -- Conjugation -- Conservation Biology: Genetic Approaches -- Conservation Geneticist -- Crick, Francis -- CRISPR-Cas 9 Genome Editing -- Crossing Over -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Delbrück, Max -- Development, Genetic Control of -- Diabetes -- Dideoxynucleotides -- Disease, Genetics of -- DNA -- DNA Fingerprinting -- DNA Footprinting -- DNA Hybridization -- DNA Libraries -- DNA Polymerases -- DNA Repair -- DNA Sequencing -- DNA Structure and Function, History -- DNA Vaccines -- Down Syndrome -- Embryonic Stem Cells -- Enhancers -- Epidemiologist -- Epigenetics -- Epistasis -- Escherichia coli -- Eubacteria -- Eugenics -- Evolution, Molecular -- Evolution of Genes -- Eye Color -- Fertilization -- Founder Effect -- Fragile X Syndrome -- Franklin, Rosalind -- Fruit Fly: Drosophila -- Gel Electrophoresis -- Gene -- Gene and Environment -- Gene Discovery -- Gene Expression: Overview of Control -- Gene Families -- Gene Flow -- Gene Nomenclature -- Gene Targeting -- Gene Therapy -- Gene Therapy: Ethical Issues -- Genetically Modified Foods -- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) -- Genetic Code -- Genetic Counseling -- Genetic Counselor -- Genetic Discrimination -- Genetic Drift -- Geneticist -- Genetics -- Genetic Testing -- Genetic Testing: Ethical Issues -- Genome -- Genomic Medicine -- Genomics -- Genomics Industry -- Genotype and Phenotype -- Growth Disorders -- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium -- HeLa Cells -- Hemoglobinopathies -- Hemophilia -- Heterozygote Advantage -- High-Throughput Screening -- Histones -- HIV -- Homology -- Hormonal Regulation -- HPLC: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography -- Human Genome Project -- Immune System Genetics -- Imprinting -- Inbreeding -- Individual Genetic Variation -- Information Systems Manager -- Inheritance, Extranuclear -- Inheritance Patterns -- In Situ Hybridization -- Intelligence -- Karyotype -- Laboratory Technician -- Legal Issues -- Linkage and Recombination -- Maize -- Mapping -- Marker Systems -- Mass Spectrometry -- McClintock, Barbara -- McKusick, Victor -- Meiosis -- Mendel, Gregor -- Mendelian Genetics -- Metabolic Disease -- Methylation -- Microarray Analysis -- Microbiologist -- MicroRNA (miRNA) -- Mitochondrial Diseases -- Mitochondrial Genome -- Mitosis -- Model Organisms -- Molecular Anthropology -- Molecular Biologist -- Morgan, Thomas Hunt -- Mosaicism -- Mouse Model -- Muller, Hermann -- Multiple Alleles -- Muscular Dystrophy -- Mutagen -- Mutagenesis -- Mutation -- Mutation Rate -- Nature of the Gene, History -- Nondisjunction -- Nucleases -- Nucleolus -- Nucleotide -- Nucleus -- Oncogenes -- Operon -- Overlapping Genes -- Patenting Genes -- Pedigree -- Pharmaceutical Scientist -- Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics -- Physician Scientist -- Plant Biologist -- Plasmids -- Pleiotropy -- Polymerase Chain Reaction -- Polymorphisms -- Polyploidy -- Population Bottleneck -- Population Genetics -- Population Screening -- Posttranslational Control -- Prenatal Diagnosis -- Prion -- Privacy -- Probability -- Proteins -- Protein Sequencing -- Proteomics -- Pseudogenes -- Psychiatric Disorders -- Public Health, Genetic Techniques in -- Purification of DNA -- Quantitative Traits -- Reading Frame -- Recombinant DNA -- Repetitive DNA Elements -- Replication -- Reproductive Technology -- Reproductive Technology: Ethical Issues -- Restriction Enzymes -- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) -- Retrovirus -- Reverse Transcriptase -- Ribosome -- Ribozyme -- RNA -- RNA Editing -- RNA Interference -- RNA Polymerases -- RNA Processing -- Roundworm: Caenorhabditis Elegans -- Sanger, Frederick -- Satellite DNA -- Science Writer -- Severe Combined Immune Deficiency -- Sex Determination -- Sexual Orientation -- Silencers -- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) -- Speciation -- Statistics -- Tay-Sachs Disease -- Telomere -- Transcription -- Transcription Factors -- Transcriptome/Transcriptomics -- Transduction -- Transformation -- Transgenic Animals -- Transgenic Microorganisms -- Transgenic Organisms: Ethical Issues -- Transgenic Plants -- Translation -- Translational Control -- Transplantation -- Transposable Genetic Elements -- Triplet Repeat Disease -- Tumor Suppressor Genes -- Twins -- Viroids and Virusoids -- Virus -- Watson, James -- X Chromosome -- Y Chromosome -- Yeast -- Zebrafish -- Genetics: Instructional Guide |
Summary |
This set explores the history, theory, technology, ethics, and uses (and misuses) of genetic knowledge. Topics span the field from classical genetics to molecular genetics to population genetics |
Notes |
Preceded by: Genetics / editor in chief, Richard Robinson ; associate editors, Ralph R, . Meyer, David A. Micklos, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance. c2003 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Genetic Phenomena.
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn.
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Genetic Techniques.
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Genetics -- Encyclopedias
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Genetics.
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Genre/Form |
Encyclopedia.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Kepos Media, Inc, editor
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ISBN |
1410380807 |
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9781410380807 |
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