Genetically yours : bioinforming, biopharming, biofarming /
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| Author / Creator: | Lim, Hwa A. |
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| Imprint: | River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2002. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 417 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11156540 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 The Genome Project: Its Impacts and Implications; 1 Looking Back In The Future; 2 Lewis-Clark De Javu; 3 The Human Genome Tour; 4 Historical Perspective
- The Timeline Of The Human Genome Project; 4.1 Pre-genomic Sequencing Cottage Industry; 4.2 Scaling up a la Big Science
- A Biological Moonshot A Biological Particle Smasher; 4.3 Enters the Black Knight; 4.4 Divide-and-Conquer Strategy; 4.5 Shotgun Strategy; 4.6 The Traveling Salesman Is a Chinese Postman; 4.7 The Race to the Finishing Line
- Bigger is Better; 4.8 Complementary Strategies
- Ally or Foe.
- 4.9 From Genome Marathon to Sprint to the Finishing Line4.10 The Gutenberg Press of the Human Genome Project; 5 A Small Step For Genome A Giant Step For Humankind; 5.1 Impacts and Implications
- Deciphering the Rosetta Tablet; 5.1.1 Genetic Engineering; 5.1.2 Humpty Dumpty; 5.1.3 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism; 5.1.4 Patentability of Biocommons; 5.1.5 Ethical Social and Legal Issues; 6 What Is In Store?; 6.1 Gaps Filling; 6.2 Gene Finding; 6.3 Other Genomes; 6.4 Gene Function; 6.5 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms; 6.6 The Eclectic Bioinformatics.
- 6.7 An Array of Possibilities
- New Genomic Technologies7 The Next Fifty Years; 8 The Test Of Time; Chapter 2 Post-Genomics Matters: Send out A Thousand Ships Not Catalogue a Thousand Genes; 1 Genome Armada; 2 Perplexity And Enlightenment; 2.1 The New Genetic Math
- 1.5 X Caenorhabditis elegans = Homo sapiens; 2.2 Human Genome Archaeology; 2.3 The Genome Topography; 3 How The Statistics Stack Up?; 3.1 On the Pessimistic Side; 3.2 On the Mixed Side; 3.3 On the Positive and Opportunistic Side; 3.4 Comparatively Speaking; 4 Genestimate Discrepancies; 4.1 Humbled by Our Own Ego Genes.
- 5 Genome
- A Map To Profitability?5.1 Biotech Bay Biotech Beach Biotech Beltway Biotech Corridor; 5.2 Biotechnology Tools: Friends or Foes?; 6 The Other Sequencing Centers; 7 From The Book Of Life To Inventory Of Life; Chapter 3 AgBiotechnology: Genetically Modified; 1 The Biotech Revolution; 2 Mother Nature Father Time and Author Children; 3 From Green Revolution To AgBiotech Revolution; 3.1 Genetically Modified Crops; 3.1.1 Yield Increase via Genetics; 3.1.2 Genetically Fortified Crops
- Golden Rice; 3.1.3 Plant Antibody Factory; 3.1.4 Petro Alternatives; 3.2 Genetically Modified Trees.
- 3.3 Genetically Engineered Animals3.4 Genetically Modified Microbes; 3.5 Germ Warfare Agents; 4 Biotech Backlash; 5 StarLink For Hogs Not Humans; 5.1 FDA Snafu; 5.2 Bt Not for Butterflies; 5.3 Corn Dogs; 5.4 The Extent of Commingling; 6 Organic Food; 6.1 Long Term Ramifications; 6.2 From Taco to Genes; 6.3 Warranty of Edibility; Chapter 4: Aqua Biotechnology; 1 The Fish Tale; 2 Need For Aquaculture; 2.1 Gene Transfer Protocol in Fish; 2.2 Fish As Medical Tools; 2.2.1 Knock Out The Fish That Roars; 2.2.2 Zebrafish in Development Studies; 2.2.3 The Zebrafish
- Closer to Heart than You Know.
- 2.3 The Rule of the Game
- Growth Enhancement.