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Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning : A Guide for the Curious [Paperback]

Karl Drlica (Author)
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047113774X 978-0471137740 October 31, 1996 3rd
Do You Realize How Much Impact DNA Technology has on Your Life Today? Registering your child's DNA with the police.bold new medical cures.the perfect tomato.gene cloning and DNA manipulation are no longer remote events that will have impact in your life - they are today's headlines! In this highly-acclaimed guide, Karl Drlica fully explains the basis of the ongoing genetic revolution. He guides you through the science and technology you need to understand the issues and make crucial decisions. Each step of the way he explains complex topics using easy-to-understand analogies. This basic information will help you:
* Take advantage of the benefits emerging from the new genetics.
* Protect yourself from the discrimination that may arise from release of genetic information.
* Make informed political decisions about how much DNA technology will impact your life.
"With the Genetic Revolution happening in the court rooms and doctors offices, this book is required reading for jurors, those concerned with genetic disease, or just the curious!"- Richard R. Sinden, Ph. D., Center for Genome Research, Texas A&M University "Successful investing in biotechnology requires knowledge of the science which drives it. Karl Drlica explains it in layman's terms."- Edward F. Tills, Second Vice President, Financial Consultant, Smith Barney, Inc. "The best text available to give the non-scientist or the scientist from a different field the necessary information to appreciate the implications of the latest genetic revolution."- Robert G. Fowler, Ph.D., San Jose University

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This updated and revised edition enables readers, who have little or no background in chemistry, to understand molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology. Chemical processes and molecular structures are described by means of analogies using terms familiar to non-scientists and technical terminology is kept to a minimum. Consists of four sections: basic molecular biology, manipulation of DNA, insights gained through the use of gene cloning (including a chapter on retroviruses) and human genetics.

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Do You Realize How Much Impact DNA Technology has on Your Life Today? Registering your child's DNA with the police.bold new medical cures.the perfect tomato.gene cloning and DNA manipulation are no longer remote events that will have impact in your life - they are today's headlines! In this highly-acclaimed guide, Karl Drlica fully explains the basis of the ongoing genetic revolution. He guides you through the science and technology you need to understand the issues and make crucial decisions. Each step of the way he explains complex topics using easy-to-understand analogies. This basic information will help you:
* Take advantage of the benefits emerging from the new genetics.
* Protect yourself from the discrimination that may arise from release of genetic information.
* Make informed political decisions about how much DNA technology will impact your life.
"With the Genetic Revolution happening in the court rooms and doctors offices, this book is required reading for jurors, those concerned with genetic disease, or just the curious!"- Richard R. Sinden, Ph. D., Center for Genome Research, Texas A&M University "Successful investing in biotechnology requires knowledge of the science which drives it. Karl Drlica explains it in layman's terms."- Edward F. Tills, Second Vice President, Financial Consultant, Smith Barney, Inc. "The best text available to give the non-scientist or the scientist from a different field the necessary information to appreciate the implications of the latest genetic revolution."- Robert G. Fowler, Ph.D., San Jose University

Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 3rd edition (October 31, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 047113774X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471137740
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,565,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction for non-specialists, June 8, 1999
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This review is from: Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning : A Guide for the Curious (Paperback)
This is the book that we ask all new undergraduates, time-slip students, high school students, and technicians to read before they start work in our lab. It is also the book I recommend to non-specialists like my father who want to know what I am doing. It is an excellent introduction.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good replacement for a MolCell text, June 4, 1998
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For someone who already went through a college-level molecular biology course, Drlica's book is an especially good refresher. The book also goes into good detail on various protocols used by biochemical and mol/cell labs today.
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the book was too pricey!! and it didn't come as fast as I thought it would. Book cost only a few bucks less than the bookstore which was spent on the shipping
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gene cloners, nucleotide sequence information, cloning vehicles, transfer hybridization, hemoglobin genes, genetic letters, complementary base pairing, phage plaques, viral core, chromosome type, polymorphic region, chainlike molecules, repressor binds, gag protein, radioactive probe, nucleotide triplets, chromosomes condense, complementary base pairs, phage particles
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John Wayne, Mickey Mouse, University of Rochester, Double-Edged Sword, Obtaining Plasmid, Public Health Research Institute, Retrovirus Structure, Single-Gene Disorders
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