Drawing the map of life : inside the Human Genome Project / Victor K. McElheny.

  • McElheny, Victor K.
Date:
[2010], ©2010
  • Books

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Description

Chronicles the race to map the human genome, noting the impact of skeptics in the 1970s and 1980s, the breakthroughs of the 1990s, and the political maelstrom that ensued in the face of corporate involvement and the fight for credit.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : Basic Books, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

xiii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contributors

Notes

"A Merloyd Lawrence book."

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Building the toolbox -- Getting started -- Scaling up -- Crisis -- Surprises -- Human variety -- The struggle for medical relevance.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QZ50 2010M47d
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780465043330
  • 046504333X