Genetics: From Genes to Genomes - Hardcover

Hartwell, Leland; Hood, Leroy; Goldberg, Michael; Silver, Lee; Veres, Ruth; Reynolds, Ann E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0075409232 ISBN 13: 9780075409236

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

Synopsis

The authors have developed a text that reflects the directions Genetics is taking as it heads into the 21st century. This perspective embraces five major themes:1. the central importance of the genome, as opposed to the action of individual genes;2. the application of genetics to the improvement of human health;3. the growing appreciation for the relationships among organisms arising from genetic research; 4. the impact of biotechnology on the accelerating growth of genetic knowledge; and5. the importance of emerging social and ethical issues related to our use of biotechnology.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Leland Hartwell is President and Director of Seattles Fred Hutchinson CancerResearch Center and Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.Dr. Hartwells primary research contributions were in identifying genes that controlcell division in yeast, including those necessary for the division process as well asthose necessary for the fi delity of genome reproduction. Subsequently, many of thesesame genes have been found to control cell division in humans and oft en to be thesite of alteration in cancer cells.Dr. Hartwell is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has receivedthe Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the Gairdner FoundationInternational Award, the Genetics Society Medal, and the 2001 Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine.

Synopsis:

This text looks at four major themes related to genetics: the central importance of the genome; the application of genetics to the human; the growing appreciation for the relationships among organisms arising from genetic research; and the impact of biotechnology.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0075409232
• ISBN 13: 9780075409236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 820