Author |
Davies, Kevin, 1960-
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Title |
Cracking the genome : inside the race to unlock human DNA / Kevin Davies |
Publish Info |
New York : Free Press, c2001 |
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| Introduction | 1 |
1 | Knights of the Double Helix: The Quest for Biology's Holy Grail | 11 |
2 | Reading the Book of Life: A Quick Voyage Around the Human Genome | 33 |
3 | The Eye of the TIGR: J. Craig Venter - Maverick Sequencer | 52 |
4 | Loading the Bases: Francis Collins and the DNA Detectives | 69 |
5 | The Circle of Life: Decoding the First Free-Living Creatures | 94 |
6 | Treasures of the Lost Worlds: The Keys to Human Disease from Tristan da Cunha to Iceland | 119 |
7 | Prize Fight: The Creation of Celera Genomics | 141 |
8 | The Story of Us: The Secrets of Who We Are | 169 |
9 | The Croesus Code: Passion, Personality, and Profit | 192 |
10 | The Eighth Day: Braving the New World of Designer Genes | 216 |
11 | The Language of God: A Defining Moment in the History of the Human Race | 236 |
| Notes | 253 |
| Acknowledgments | 297 |
| Index | 299 |