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Author Fields, Stanley.

Title Genetic twists of fate / Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]
©2010

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.042 FIE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.042 FIELDS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.042 FIELDS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  616.042 FIELDS    Check Shelf
Description ix, 222 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-217) and index.
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.
Subject Medical genetics -- Popular works.
Human genetics -- Popular works.
Genetics, Medical -- Popular Works.
Genetic Predisposition to Disease -- Popular Works.
Added Author Johnston, Mark, 1951-
ISBN 9780262014700 hardcover alkaline paper
026201470X hardcover alkaline paper
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