Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics /
For laypeople and professionals alike who yearn for a better understanding of genetically engineered crops, DNA fingerprinting, cloning, or gene therapy, here is a valuable addition to a small but critical literature that will frame the public discourse as it is decided how to use the burgeoning kno...
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY :
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
[2000]
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Table of Contents:
- Abraham Lincoln : did he have Marfan syndrome?
- Kings and queens : genetic diseases in royal families
- Toulouse-Lautrec : an artist despite his genes
- Old bones : DNA and skeletons
- DNA detectives : the new DNA evidence
- Cold hits : the rise of DNA felon databanks
- Genes and violence : do mutations cause crime?
- Wrongful birth : what should the doctor know?
- Mental illness : how much is genetic?
- Personality : were we born this way?
- Talent : nature or nurture?
- Gay genes : what's the evidence?
- Genetically modified organisms : the next green revolution?
- Transgenic animals : new foods and new factories
- Endangered species : new genes beat extinction
- Xenotransplantation : animal organs to save humans
- Cystic fibrosis : should everyone be tested?
- Breast cancer : the burden of knowing
- Alzheimer disease : are you at high risk?
- Gene therapy : the dream and the reality
- Genetic testing and privacy : who should be able to know your genes?
- Frozen embryos : people or property?
- Cloning : why is everyone opposed?
- Eugenics : can we improve the gene pool?