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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 222 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Mit Press. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010006926 Type of material Book Personal name Fields, Stanley. Main title Genetic twists of fate / Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston. Published/Created Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010. Description ix, 222 p. : ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN 9780262014700 (hardcover: alk. paper) 026201470X (hardcover: alk. paper) LC classification RB155. F54 2010 Related names Johnston, Mark, 1951-Contents Pt. 1. Your personal genome: Googling your DNA. What do genes do? --Genes are the instructions for life: AIDS and the uncommon man; Proteins are the workhorses of the cell: misdiagnosis of a metabolic malady--All from a single cell: how a fertilized egg develops into a baby--When the gene is the cure: immunodeficiency and gene therapy--When cells are the cure: diabetes and stem cells--Pt. 2. The inheritance of the gene. When one gene is enough: the enzyme missing in an inherited disease--When one gene is too much: at risk for Huntington's Disease--Genes to remember: the growing burden of Alzheimer's Disease--Blaming our genes: the heritability of behavior--Pt. 3. Finding the gene. Mistakes happen: the mutations of cancer--Reshuffling the genetic deck: a cancer gene in the neighborhood--A family affair: mapping a gene for ALS--Signposts for common disease: focusing on macular degeneration--The President who swallowed rat poison: preventing the next heart attack--Pt. 4. The gene in evolution. The law of evolution: Darwin, Wallace, and the survival of the fittest--Around the world in fifty thousand years: the genetics of race--Your personal DNA code: summing up. Subjects Medical genetics--Popular works. Human genetics--Popular works. Genetics, Medical--Popular Works. Genetic Predisposition to Disease--Popular Works. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-217) and index. Dewey class no. 616/.042 National bib no. GBB078053 National bib agency no. 015588813 101546659 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn542263629
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.