ISBN |
9781782405092 (hardback) |
Classification |
575.1 THI |
Title |
30-second genetics : the 50 most fundamental discoveries in genetics, each explained in half a minute / editors, Jonathan Weitzman & Matthew Weitzman ; foreword Rodney Rothstein ; contributors, Thomas Bourgeron, Robert J. Brooker, Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, Alain Fischer, Edith Heard, Mark F. Sanders, Reiner A. Veitia, Jonathan B. Weitzman, Matthew D. Weitzman ; illustrations, Steve Rawlings. |
Variant Title |
Thirty-second genetics |
Production & Copyright Details |
London The Ivy Press, 2017. |
©2017 |
Physical Description |
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 24 cm. |
Content type |
text |
still image |
Series |
30-second |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary Note |
Genetics is the study of heredity, and reveals how the characteristics of living organisms are determined by the genes passed down the generations. The human genome was mapped in 2003, and this enhanced ability to study our genes is transforming medicine, from CRISPR, the gene editing technology that allows us to alter the course of hereditary disease, to using genetics to identify the types of bacteria that populate our bodies. Stripping the subject to its bare necessities, 30-Second Genetics charts the most extraordinary discoveries, from the fundamentals of cell biology to the almost unbelievable advances in DNA sequencing and stem cell technology. |
Subject - Topical Term |
Genetics -- Popular works |
Added Entry - Personal Name |
Weitzman, Jonathan B. editor. |
Weitzman, Matthew D. editor. |
Rawlings, Steve illustrator. |
Rothstein, Rodney author of introduction, etc. |