An edition of Curiosity guides
(2010)
Curiosity guides
the human genome
by John Quackenbush
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Table of Contents
Introduction: a race to the future
A brief history of the genome project
About the map
Back to basics
Mendel's garden: setting the stage
Darwin's natural selection
Cells: a hidden universe
Chromosomes and genetic traits
Human chromosomes
DNA: the molecule of heredity
The central dogma of molecular biology
DNA to RNA to protein
Gene mapping and sequencing before the HGP
Of mice and men, and other creatures
Bacteria
Escherichia coli
Haemophaleus influenzae
Brewer's yeast: saccharomyces cerevisiae
Roundworm: Caenorhabditis elegans
Fruit fly: Drosophila melanogaster
Human: Homo sapiens
The next wave of HGPs
A genome grab bag
Plants: genome giants
Miscellaneous mammals
The unseen world
Reading the book of life
Take a look at yourself
What's in a number?
Linking genes to traits and functions
Mutation: in the eye of the beholder?
Population genomics: something for everyone
Gene regulation and expression
Genomics applied: tackling cancer
What is cancer?
Linking genes and cancer
Surveying gene expression
Using microarrays in cancer study
Cancer, many diseases
Toward personalized cancer care
Cancer viruses and vaccines
The future of cancer therapy
Genes and the roots of disease
Beyond mendel: modern genetics
Huntington's disease: an autosomal dominant disease
Cystic fibrosis: an autosomal recessive disease
Diabetes: a polygenic, multifactorial disease
Genes, environment, or both?
Genetics and infectious disease
It takes a village: social environments and disease
Personalized medicine
Systems biology: more than the sum of our parts
The genomics of evolution
Out of Africa: genomic diversity
Y chromosomal adam
Mitochondrial Eve
Neanderthals: our lost cousins
Are we the third chimpanzee?
A brave new genomic world
Forensic genomics
Genomes 'r' us
Learning from Watson's genome
Stem cells
A word about cloning
Prenatal testing and gene therapy
Legal and ethical concerns
Our genomic future.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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