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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
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?
5) Amazing DNA
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Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that nearly every cell in every living thing contains DNA? These tiny threadlike strands control how all plants, animals, even bacteria are made. DNA holds the entire building plan for each cell found in every living thing. It makes sure that cells are put together in just the right way to do their jobs. DNA also holds the code for what each living thing looks like?for example, whether your eyes are blue or brown, or whether you are...
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Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise.So we've all heard of genes, but how do they actually work?There are 2.2 metres of DNA...
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Language
English
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Description
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex.
13) The blooding
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Language
English
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Description
This is the suspenseful and powerful true story of the discovery of DNA identification by a university geneticist in the Midlands of England—which changed the world of forensic science and police work forever—and of its very first use in the hunt for a serial killer who terrorized a quiet English village. Playboy said, this book holds the tension and excitement of an imaginative police novel. Yet every word of it is true.
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...
16) Genetics
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Life on Earth is endlessly amazing and complex. Learn about the systems and concepts that drive the great diversity of life on our planet. From the smallest cell to the process of photosynthesis, The Science of Life puts you and all other living things under the microscope.
19) The DNA book
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Introduces DNA, discussing its role in all living things, showing how forensic science uses DNA evidence to catch criminals, exploring the possibility of bringing extinct animals back, and explaining why people age.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"What Makes You You? is a mind-blowing introduction to the building blocks of life--DNA! Amazing 3D-style illustrations and diagrams help explain what it is, how it works, and what we can do with it. Breaking down complex scientific concepts and processes into bite-sized chunks, this fascinating book explains everything from the basics of evolution to the incredible achievements of modern-day genetic research--and what's in store for the future!"--...
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