Welcome to the genome : a user's guide to the genetic past, present, and future /

DeSalle, Rob.

Welcome to the genome : a user's guide to the genetic past, present, and future / Rob DeSalle, Michael Yudell. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Liss, 2005. - xxiv, 215 p. : col.ill, map ; 25 cm.

"Published in association with the American Museum of Natural History."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-204) and index.

From Mendel to molecules -- The building blocks of gene sequencing -- Sequencing the genome -- Keeping the genome safe -- 99.9% -- The tree of life -- The world to come: medicine -- The world to come: agriculture -- Caution: welcoming the genome.

0471453315 (acidfree paper)

2004558824


Genomics--Popular works.
Human genome--Popular works.

576.5 DES 2005