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English
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This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species--births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex.
Since scientists first read the human genome in 2001, it has been subject to all sorts...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 424 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
DNA Nanoscience: From Prebiotic Origins to Emerging Nanotechnology melds two tales of DNA. One is a look at the first 35 years of DNA nanotechnology to better appreciate what lies ahead in this emerging field. The other story looks back 4 billion years to the possible origins of DNA which are shrouded in mystery. The book is divided into three parts comprised of 15 chapters and two Brief Interludes. Part I includes subjects underpinning the book such...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
xiv, 446 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
From a renowned scientist comes the first single volume to chart the entire genetic revolution--published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the DNA breakthrough. From genetically modified food to genetically modified babies, Watson reveals a future of choices and implications of which readers dare not remain uninformed. 100 illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"All living things grow--plants, animals, and human beings. The way they grow, whether it be fast or slow, enormous or not so big, helps them survive. But growing is also about change: when people grow, they become more complicated and able to do more things. And they don't have to think about it, because bodies come with instructions--or DNA. With simple ... language and ... child-friendly illustrations, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton provide an...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more and more anomalies crop up in testing, Lyle realizes that the lotion's formula has somehow gone horribly wrong. It is actively overwriting the DNA of anyone who uses it, turning them into physical clones of someone else. Lyle wants to destroy the formula, but NewYew thinks it might be the greatest beauty product...
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English
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"Rosalind Franklin knows if she just takes one more X-ray picture--one more after thousands--she can unlock the building blocks of life. Never again will she have to listen to her colleagues complain about her, especially Maurice Wilkins who'd rather conspire about genetics with James Watson and Francis Crick than work alongside her. Then it finally happens--the double helix structure of DNA reveals itself to her with perfect clarity. But what happens...
7) The DNA book
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's inside every living plant and animal, from the tiniest seed to the person standing next to you, but how much do you know about DNA? This book gives children an in-depth look at DNA and its role in all living things -- from why we have different-colored eyes to why we age. Discover what DNA is, what it does, and how it shapes our lives, including inheritance and why we look like our parents; forensic science and how DNA evidence helps catch...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xxx, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From ... genetic anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story--and fascinating mystery--of how humans migrated to the Americas"--
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
In this second exercise, you'll find another 15 questions targeting the key concepts related to DNA, including replication, cellular machinery, and the process by which DNA makes RNA and RNA makes protein. Each question is accompanied by a set of detailed answer explanations, which you can use to build your skills.
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
In this exercise, you'll find 15 questions targeting the key concepts related to DNA, including replication, cellular machinery, and the process by which DNA makes RNA and RNA makes protein. Each question is accompanied by a set of detailed answer explanations, which you can use to build your skills.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin's Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller Darwin's Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin's theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation...
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English
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"The New York Times bestselling author of My Sunshine Away returns with another instant Southern classic: a gripping and heartfelt novel about a mysterious machine that upends a small Louisiana town, asking us all to wonder if who we truly are is who we truly could be"--
Author
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Una fascinante introducción a un tema apasionante y controvertido. Impresionantes obras de arte en 3D te lleva en el interior de una celda para ver dónde se encuentran los genes. Claro, el texto amigable y sencilla, diagramas paso a paso mostrar cómo funciona la ciencia genética. Va detrás de los titulares de explicar los alimentos genéticamente modificados, la clonación, el Proyecto Genoma Humano, terapia génica, los bebés de diseño y pruebas...
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Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
212 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor wants to use some radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder. The result? A new round of violence.
16) The last animal
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenage sisters Eve and Vera never imagined their summer vacation would be spent in the Arctic, tagging along on their mother’s scientific expedition. But there’s a lot about their lives lately that hasn’t been going as planned, and truth be told, their single mother might not be so happy either. Now in Siberia with a bunch of serious biologists, Eve and Vera are just bored enough to cause trouble. Fooling around in the permafrost, they accidentally...
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Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that genes determine everything from hair and eye color to whether or not you can roll your tongue? It's all in the genes you inherited from your mother and father. Join Bill in Genes, as he explores the chromosomal world of DNA"--Container.
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English
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"A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA's structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it-and why were they the ones who succeeded? In truth, the discovery of DNA's structure is...
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