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Genetic Twists of Fate by Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262518643

ISBN-139780262518642

eBay Product ID (ePID)143668927

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameGenetic Twists of Fate

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLife Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics

Publication Year2013

TypeTextbook

AuthorStanley Fields, Mark Johnston

Subject AreaScience, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Fields and Johnston succeed in providing an accessible text that may appeal to the general public, and that is both enlightening and entertaining." -- Anthony J. Dellureficio , The Quarterly Review of Biology, "Fields and Johnston succeed in providing an accessible text that may appeal to thegeneral public, and that is both enlightening and entertaining." -- Anthony J.Dellureficio , The Quarterly Review of Biology, Fields and Johnston succeed in providing an accessible text that may appeal to the general public, and that is both enlightening and entertaining.

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616.042

SynopsisHow tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well., How tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well. News stories report almost daily on the remarkable progress scientists are making in unraveling the genetic basis of disease and behavior. Meanwhile, new technologies are rapidly reducing the cost of reading someone's personal DNA (all six billion letters of it). Within the next ten years, hospitals may present parents with their newborn's complete DNA code along with her footprints and APGAR score. In Genetic Twists of Fate , distinguished geneticists Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston help us make sense of the genetic revolution that is upon us. Fields and Johnston tell real life stories that hinge on the inheritance of one tiny change rather than another in an individual's DNA- a mother wrongly accused of poisoning her young son when the true killer was a genetic disorder; the screen siren who could no longer remember her lines because of Alzheimer's disease; and the president who was treated with rat poison to prevent another heart attack. In an engaging and accessible style, Fields and Johnston explain what our personal DNA code is, how a few differences in its long list of DNA letters makes each of us unique, and how that code influences our appearance, our behavior, and our risk for such common diseases as diabetes or cancer., How tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well. News stories report almost daily on the remarkable progress scientists are making in unraveling the genetic basis of disease and behavior. Meanwhile, new technologies are rapidly reducing the cost of reading someone's personal DNA (all six billion letters of it). Within the next ten years, hospitals may present parents with their newborn's complete DNA code along with her footprints and APGAR score. In Genetic Twists of Fate , distinguished geneticists Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston help us make sense of the genetic revolution that is upon us. Fields and Johnston tell real life stories that hinge on the inheritance of one tiny change rather than another in an individual's DNA: a mother wrongly accused of poisoning her young son when the true killer was a genetic disorder; the screen siren who could no longer remember her lines because of Alzheimer's disease; and the president who was treated with rat poison to prevent another heart attack. In an engaging and accessible style, Fields and Johnston explain what our personal DNA code is, how a few differences in its long list of DNA letters makes each of us unique, and how that code influences our appearance, our behavior, and our risk for such common diseases as diabetes or cancer.

LC Classification NumberRB155.F54 2013