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DNA : a graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world / Israel Rosenfield, Edward Ziff, & Borin Van Loon.

Rosenfield, Israel, 1939- (Author). Ziff, Edward. (Added Author). Van Loon, Borin, 1951- (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780231142700 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780231142717 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0231142706 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0231142714 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257).
Formatted Contents Note:
A brief history of genetics -- What is DNA? -- The new biology -- DNA replication -- What information is stored in a gene? -- Where did the notion of messenger RNA come from? -- Transcription -- Translation -- Genetic code -- PaJaMo and the Operon -- The diversity of gene expression -- A brief reminder of relative size -- A brief reminder of genes in humans -- Prokaryotes versus eukaryotes -- Restriction enzymes and genetic engineering -- Cloning and sequencing genes -- Exons, introns, and splicing -- Chromatin and histones -- Gene families -- Controlling genes for antibodies -- Chromosomes -- Telomeres -- Imprinting and microRNAs : "hidden" layers of gene regulation -- Epigenetics -- Prions -- The Human Genome Project -- The human genome unveiled -- High throughput sequencing -- SNPs -- Manipulating the genome -- Cloning the organism : the history -- From the nucleus of an intestinal cell to a whole frog -- Making tissues from stem cells -- Going in the other direction : changing mature cells to stem cells -- The impact of new genetics on medical research -- Diagnosis -- DNA and the judicial system -- PCR -- The impact of DNA -- Biotechnology -- The origin of life -- Tinkering -- Selfish genes -- Evolving evolution : sources of Darwinian theory -- The big gene bet of the last millennium (1999 A.D.) -- The twists and turns of history : the problems with gradualism -- Watching evolution in action : changes in the stickleback fish -- DNA and genetics and the changing view of human evolution -- Human evolution and the DNA beginnings of vocal expression : birdsong and language -- Epilogue to the first edition.
Subject:
DNA > Popular works.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Graphic novels > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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A brief history of genetics
What is DNA
The new biology
DNA replication
What information is stored in a gene?
Where did the notion of messenger RNA come from?
Transcription
Translation
Genetic code
Pajamo and the operon
The diversity of gene expression
A brief reminder of relative size
A brief reminder of genes in humans
Prokaryotes versus eukaryotes
Restriction enzymes and genetic engineering
Cloning and sequencing genes
Exons, introns, and splicing
Chromatin and histones
Gene families
Controlling genes for antibodies
Chromosomes
Telomeres
Imprinting and microRNAs: hidden layers of gene regulation
Epigenetics
Prions
The human genome project
The human genome unveiled
High throughput sequencing
Snps
Manipulating the genome
Cloning the organism the history
From the nucleus of an intestinal cell to a whole frog
Making tissues from stem cells
Going in the other direction: changing mature cells to stem cells
The impact of new genetics on medical research
Diagnosis
DNA and the judicial system
PCR
The impact of dna
Biotechnology
The origin of life
Tinkering
Selfish genes
Evolving evolution sources of Darwinian theory
The big gene bet of the last millennium (1999 a.d.)
The twists and turns of history: the problems with gradualism
Watching evolution in action: changes in the stickleback fish
DNA and genetics and the changing view of human evolution
Human migration
Human evolution and the DNA beginnings of vocal expression: birdsong and language.