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DNA : changing science and society / edited by Torsten Krude.
- Title
- DNA : changing science and society / edited by Torsten Krude.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Krude, Torsten.
- Description
- v, 193 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
- Summary
- Since the revelation of the double helical structure of DNA by Watson and Crick fifty years ago, research into this important molecule has had a dramatic impact on science and society. This volume brings together some of the key workers in the field to explore DNA fingerprinting, the extraction of DNA from archaeological and palaeontological remains; the ethical implications of the genetic knowledge encoded in DNA; the complex role of DNA in cancer research and reproductive medicine; and finally, how genetic disorders teach us about human communication.
- Series Statement
- Darwin College lectures
- Uniform Title
- Darwin College lectures.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The discovery of the DNA double helix / Aaron Klug -- Genetic fingerprinting / Alec J. Jeffreys -- Ancient DNA / Svante Pääbo -- DNA and cancer / Ron Laskey -- DNA, biotechnology, and society / Malcolm Grant -- DNA and reproductive medicine / Robert M.L. Winston -- Genes and language / Dorothy V.M. Bishop -- DNA and ethics / Onora O'Neill.
- ISBN
- 0521823781
- LCCN
- ^^2003062529
- OCLC
- 53021579
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library