Drawing the map of life : inside the Human Genome Project / Victor K. McElheny.
By: McElheny, Victor K.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, c2010General Notes: "A Merloyd Lawrence book.".Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xiii, 361 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780465043330 (alk. paper); 046504333X (alk. paper).Subject(s): Human Genome Project -- History | Human Genome Project | GenomicsDDC classification: 611/.0181663Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 611.0181663 M153 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003712114 |
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Building the toolbox -- Getting started -- Scaling up -- Crisis -- Surprises -- Human variety -- The struggle for medical relevance.
Chronicles the race to map the human genome, noting the impact of skeptics in the 1970s and 1980s, the breakthroughs of the 1990s, and the political maelstrom that ensued in the face of corporate involvement and the fight for credit.
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