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In Born That Way, William Wright takes us on a fascinating, comprehensive journey into the new world of genetic research and molecular biology to show us the work that has been done during the last half century: how the remarkable findings about gene behavior are overturning existing theories and demolishing assumptions upon which fifty years of psychological thought had been based. He writes not only about twin and adoption studies that measure and...

Table of contents: Background and history Basic cell biology : structure and function of genes and chromosomes Genetic variation : its origin and detection Autosomal dominant and recessive inheritance Sex-linked and nontraditional modes of inheritance Clinical cytogenetics : the chromosomal basis of human disease Biochemical genetics : disorders of metabolism Disease-gene identification Immunogenetics Genetic basis of development Cancer genetics Multifactorial...

Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes....

"In this book, the distinguished geneticist David Botstein offers help and advice to scientists and physicians daunted by the arcane technical terms that flourish in his discipline. As knowledge of gene function has progressed over the past century, it has acquired a vocabulary of specialized, sometimes confusing, terms to explain some of its fundamental principles; how traits and diseases are inherited; how genes are organized and regulated in the...

Describes how human beings have used the ideas of inheritance since prehistoric times for improving crop plants and animals through selective breeding and includes an introduction to the modern science of genetics beginning with the experiments of Gregor Mendel. Provides an overview of the basic principles of genetics, including discussion of chromosomes, genes, and DNA.

What does genetic diversity mean, and what is its relationship to evolution? This menu-driven DVD answers that intriguing question as it summarizes the theory of natural selection and describes the process of trait inheritance. Advances stemming from the Human Genome Project--an ever-deepening understanding of life on Earth, improvements in disease detection and treatment, and applications of genomics to agriculture, the environment, and forensic...

The book examines how sophisticated tools of genetic analysis and manipulation are being developed in laboratories all over the world and considers the impact they will have on issues that scientists consider, including the causes of aging and death, the nature of the brain, and quality of life. Drawing from many research streams-such as advances in molecular and cell biology, imaging, and informatics-genetics is shown to encompass a view of nature...