Joshua Z. Rappoport

Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities

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Produktbeschreibung

Northwestern University biology professor and research director Joshua Z. Rappoport provides a detailed look at how the explosion in genetic information as a result of cutting-edge technologies is changing our lives and our world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Benbella Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 295mm x 210mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781950665082
• ISBN-10: 1950665089
• Artikelnr.: 59885317

Autorenporträt

Joshua Z. Rappoport, PhD

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction Part I: The Human Genome 101 Chapter 1: The Basics of DNA,
Chromosomes, and Genes Chapter 2: Gene Mutations and Polymorphisms Part II:
DNA Sequencing Methods Chapter 3: Sequencing DNA Chapter 4: Next-Generation
Sequencing Chapter 5: Big Data! Part III: Applications for Genomic
Information Chapter 6: Ancestry Chapter 7: Neanderthal DNA Chapter 8:
Genetic Screening Chapter 9: Genomic Justice Chapter 10: Classical Methods
to Search for Disease-Causing Mutations Chapter 11: Genome-Wide Association
Studies Chapter 12: Twenty-First Century Eugenics? Chapter 13: DNA and
Prenatal Genetic Testing Chapter 14: Pharmacogenomics Chapter 15:
Personalized Medicine Chapter 16: Gene Therapy Part IV: Genetic Engineering
Chapter 17: CRISPR-Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic
Repeats Chapter 18: CRISPR Babies? Chapter 19: GMOs-Genetically Modified
Organisms Chapter 20: The Future of Food? Chapter 21: Pets-Ancestry,
Health, and Cloning Chapter 22: Conservation and Eradication Part V: Beyond
the Genome Chapter 23: The Basics of Epigenetics Chapter 24: Epigenetics in
Action Chapter 25: Mitochondrial DNA Chapter 26: The Future
References Index Acknowledgments About the Author