Author:
Rappoport, Joshua Z., 1974- author.
ImprintDallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020]
Description321 pages ; 23 cm
Note:The basics of DNA, chromosomes, and genes -- Gene mutations and polymorphisms -- Sequencing DNA -- Next generation sequencing -- Big Data! -- Ancestry -- Neanderthal DNA -- Genetic screening -- Genomic justice -- Classical methods to search for disease-causing mutations -- Genome wide association studies -- 21st century eugenics? -- DNA and prenatal genetic testing -- Pharmacogenomics -- Personalized medicine -- Gene therapy -- CRISPR : clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic -- Repeats -- CRISPR babies? -- GMOs : genetically modified organisms -- The future of food? -- Pets : ancestry, health, and cloning -- Conservation and eradication -- Beyond the genome -- The basics of epigenetics -- Epigenetics in action -- Mitochondrial DNA -- The future.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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."-- Provided by publisher.
