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020 _a9781426303272 (lib. ed.)
020 _a1426303270 (lib. ed.)
020 _a9781426303616 (hbk.)
020 _a1426303610 (hbk.)
040 _aBH0
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035 _a(OCoLC)841487723
050 4 _aQH437.5
_b.S567 2008
082 0 4 _a576.5
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100 1 _aSimpson, Kathleen.
245 1 0 _aGenetics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bfrom DNA to designer dogs /
_cby Kathleen Simpson ; Sarah Tishkoff, consultant.
246 3 0 _aFrom DNA to designer dogs
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bNational Geographic,
_c2008.
300 _a1 online resource (64 p.) :
_bill. (chiefly col.), 1 col. map.
490 1 _aNational Geographic investigates
500 _aOSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.
505 0 _aMessage from the consultant -- Mendel, the father of modern genetics -- Timeline of genetic research. Ancient DNA : Royal genes -- Pharaoh gone missing -- Historic discoveries -- Mysterious mummy is found -- Family tree, written in DNA -- Problems with ancient DNA -- Genetic science reveals the future as well as the past. Genetic science : Green pollution fighters -- Rabbit genes in trees -- Slow cleanup in the most polluted places -- Medium pizza with genetically modified canola oil -- Problem or a solution? Genes for long life : Very old worms -- Why is my hair brown? -- Switching genes on and off -- Inherited traits -- Two points of view. Fighting for wildlife : Mysterious animal on the loose in Montana -- Gathering gorilla DNA -- Extracting DNA -- New weapons -- Meet a DNA investigator. Microbial DNA : Why is microbial DNA important? -- Map of microbial DNA -- Scooping up life in the Sargasso Sea -- Human genome project -- Microbial genome project. Genetics and cloning : Ditteaux, the African wildcat -- How does cloning work? -- Cloning history -- Problems of diversity -- Why stop with African wildcats? -- Growing a human heart -- Years ahead.
520 _aAuthoritative texts that include interviews with experts, useful time lines, diagrams, glossaries, and more bring readers up to date on the latest findings of specific scientific issues and discoveries in the field of genetics, from the Human Genome Project to stem cell research to the National Geographic's own Genographic Project.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aGenetics
_vJuvenile literature.
650 1 _aGenetics.
655 4 _aElectronic books- OSLIS.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aTishkoff, Sarah.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSimpson, Kathleen.
_tGenetics.
_dWashington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2008
_z9781426303272
_w(DLC) 2009280094
_w(OCoLC)191922820
830 0 _aNational Geographic investigates.
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn841487723
856 4 0 _3Cengage
_uhttps://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HQSOLP436464144/NGMK?sid=gale_marc&u=corvalli
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