THE THREAD OF LIFE: THE STORY OF GENES AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
Written by Susan Aldridge
Published by Cambridge University Press
in 1996
ISBN: 0521465427
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THE THREAD OF LIFE: THE STORY OF GENES AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
Written by Susan Aldridge.
Stock no. 589691
1st.
1996.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The author gives an accessible guide to the world of DNA and also explores the applications of genetic engineering in biotechnology. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. vii and 258 pages including index. ISBN: 0521465427. Small remains of label to rear panel of dustwrapper. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Part I What is DNA?:
- DNA is life's bluprint
- DNA in action
- A close up of the genome
- Where did DNA come from?
- Part II Engineering Genes:
- Genetic Engineering
- Creating new life forms
- Genes - the human angle
- New genes for old
- Part III Biotechnology:
- The wide world of Biotechnology
- Plant power
- Environmental solutions
- Part IV The Final Frontier:
- Beond DNA