The Human Genome Project : deciphering the blueprint of heredity /
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| Imprint: | Mill Valley, Calif. : University Science Books, c1994. |
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| Description: | x, 360 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | Understanding inheritance : an introduction to classical and molecular genetics / by Robert P. Wagner -- Mapping the genome : the vision, the science, the implementation : a round table / with David Baltimore ... [et al.] -- The mapping of chromosome 16 / by Norman A. Doggett -- DNA libraries : recombinant clones for mapping and sequencing / by Larry L. Deaven -- Computation and the Genome Project--a shotgun wedding / by James W. Fickett -- Rapid DNA sequencing based on single-molecule detection / by Lloyd M. Davis ... [et al.] -- ELSI : ethical, legal, and social implications / by Gerald Friedman and Richard Reichelt -- An invitation to genetics in the twenty-first century : a round table / with David Baltimore ... [et al.]. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1708780 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Paul Berg
- A Guide to This Book / David Dressler
- Understanding Inheritance: An Introduction to Classical and Molecular Genetics / Robert P. Wagner
- Mapping the Genome: The Vision, the Science, the Implementation: A Round Table / David Baltimore, David Botstein, David R. Cox, David J. Galas, Leroy Hood, Robert K. Moyzis, Maynard V. Olson, Nancy S. Wexler and Norton D. Zinder. Pt. I. What Is the Genome Project? Classical Linkage Mapping. Modern Linkage Mapping with Polymorphic DNA Markers - A Tool for Finding Genes. Informativeness of Polymorphic DNA Markers / Carl E. Hildebrand, David C. Torney and Robert P. Wagner. Pt. II. Maps, Markers, and the Five-Year Goals. Physical Mapping - A One-Dimensional Jigsaw Puzzle. The Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sequence-tagged Sites / Norman A. Doggett. YAC Library Pooling Scheme for PCR-based Screening / David J. Balding and David C. Torney. cDNAs and Expressed Genes. Pt. III. Technological Challenges in the Genome Project. DNA Sequencing. Pt. IV. Implications for Biology and Society. Unraveling the Chromosome / E. Morton Bradbury
- The Mapping of Chromosome 16 / Norman A. Doggett. Various Classes of Human Repetitive DNA Sequences. Collaborations on the Isolation of Disease Genes on Chromosome 16. What's Different about Chromosome 16? / Raymond L. Stallings and Norman A. Doggett. Mapping Chromosome 5 / Deborah Grady
- DNA Libraries: Recombinant Clones for Mapping and Sequencing / Larry L. Deaven. Libraries from Flow-sorted Chromosomes / Larry L. Deaven
- Computation and the Genome Project - A Shotgun Wedding / James W. Fickett. Decades of Nonlinearity: The Growth of DNA Sequence Data / Christian Burks, Michael J. Cinkosky and Paul Gilna. SCORE: A Program for Computer-Assisted Scoring of Southern Blots / T. Michael Cannon, Rebecca J. Koskela, Christian Burks, Raymond L. Stallings, Amanda A. Ford, Philip E. Hempfner, Henry T. Brown and James W. Fickett. SIGMA: A System for Integrated Genome Map Assembly / Michael J. Cinkosky, James W. Fickett, William M. Barber, Michael A. Bridgers and Charles D. Troup. Electronic Data Publishing in GenBank / Michael J. Cinkosky, James W. Fickett, Paul Gilna and Christian Burks
- Rapid DNA Sequencing Based on Single-Molecule Detection / Lloyd M. Davis, Frederick R. Fairfield, Mark L. Hammond, Carol A. Harger, James H. Jett, Richard A. Keller, Jong Hoong Hahn, Letitia A. Krakowski, Babetta Marrone, John C. Martin, Harvey L. Nutter, Robert R. Ratliff, E. Brooks Shera, Daniel J. Simpson, Steven A. Soper and Charles W. Wilkerson. Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Solution / Steven A. Soper, Lloyd M. Davis and E. Brooks Shera
- ELSI: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications / Gerald Friedman and Richard Reichelt
- An Invitation to Genetics in the Twenty-first Century: a round table / David Baltimore, David Botstein, Leon Botstein, Robert K. Moyzis, James D. Watson and Nancy S. Wexler.
