The genome generation /
The year 2001 saw the completion of the human genome project, the culmination of a fourteen-year, $3 billion international race to read every letter of the code that makes up a human being. Reading this code was the most profound revelation in the history of knowledge, with the potential to unveil t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carlton, Vic. :
Melbourne University Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | The year 2001 saw the completion of the human genome project, the culmination of a fourteen-year, $3 billion international race to read every letter of the code that makes up a human being. Reading this code was the most profound revelation in the history of knowledge, with the potential to unveil the secret of what makes us human. After three years of investigation, Elizabeth Finkel brings us the biggest news stories from the genetics frontier. She looks at the revolution in the areas of medicine, agriculture and evolution, travelling from Botswana to Boston, from Singapore to Mexico, from wheatfields in the Wimmera plains to laboratories all over Australia to help us understand what is happening in 'The Genome Generation'. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780522856477 (pbk) 0522856470 (pbk) |