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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives. You swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic risks. Or the report could reveal a long-buried family secret and upend your entire sense of identity. Soon a lark becomes an obsession, an incessant...
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In Forensics, join Bill as he explores the world of forensic science. Learn how detectives reconstruct events from the past using bloodhounds, fingerprints, and DNA. Did you know that scientists can identify a person using only a drop of blood or a flake of skin?
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality? The blueprint that makes us who we are. This, says Plomin, is a game-changer. It calls for a radical...
Author
Publisher
Family Tree
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A plain-English guide that explains the how and why of genealogy DNA testing. Bettinger gives you advice on choosing the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions, and helps you demystify and interpret the test results. He also discusses the ethics and future of genetic genealogy, and how adoptees can benefit from it.
Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available. This plain-English...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used--today--to resurrect the past.
11) The match
Author
Series
Wilde (Harlan Coben) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When a DNA match on an online ancestry database leads him to a second cousin who disappears as quickly as he resurfaces after an epic fall from grace, Wilde must figure out if his cousin is linked to a cunning conspiracy involving a ruthless killer.
After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he’s known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints...
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