Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics /
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY :
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
[2000]
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. History: using DNA to understand the past
- Abraham Lincoln: did he have Marfan syndrome?
- Kings and queens: genetic diseases in royal families
- Toulouse-Lautrec: an artist despite his genes
- Old bones: DNA and skeletons
- Pt. 2. Justice: the DNA revolution in the courts
- DNA detectives: the new DNA evidence
- Cold hits: the rise of DNA felon databanks
- Genes and violence: do mutations cause crime?
- Wrongful birth: what should the doctor know?
- Pt. 3. Behavior: do genes make us the way we are?
- Mental illness: how much is genetic?
- Personality: were we born this way?
- Talent: nature or nurture?
- Gay genes: what's the evidence?
- Pt. 4. Plants and animals: genetic engineering and nature
- Genetically modified organisms: the next green revolution?
- Transgenic animals: new foods and new factories
- Endangered species: new genes beat extinction
- Xenotransplantation: animal organs to save humans
- Pt. 5. Diseases: the genetic revolution in medicine
- Cystic fibrosis: should everyone be tested?
- Breast cancer: the burden of knowing
- Alzheimer disease: are you at high risk?
- Gene therapy: the dream and the reality
- Pt. 6. Dilemmas: genetic technologies and individual choice
- Genetic testing and privacy: who should be able to know your genes?
- Frozen embryos: people or property?
- Cloning: why is everyone opposed?
- Eugenics: can we improve the gene pool?