Carrie Snyder, Carrie Snyder0-7876-5103-6, 1-4144-0756-4, 0787690821
Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Title Page……Page 3
ISBN 1414407564……Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS (with page links)……Page 5
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK……Page 6
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS……Page 7
EARLY BELIEFS ABOUT HEREDITY……Page 8
A FARMER’S SON BECOMES THE FATHER OF GENETICS……Page 9
Mendel’s Laws of Heredity……Page 11
GENETICS AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY……Page 12
Chromosome Theory of Inheritance……Page 14
CLASSICAL GENETICS……Page 15
Watson and Crick……Page 16
MILESTONES IN MODERN GENETICS……Page 17
Origins of Genetic Engineering……Page 18
Human Genome Project and More……Page 19
DNA CODES FOR PROTEINS……Page 22
Proteins and Amino Acids……Page 24
Genetic Synthesis of Proteins……Page 25
Cell Structure and Function……Page 27
GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION……Page 28
Fertilization……Page 29
GENETIC INHERITANCE……Page 31
Determining Genetic Probabilities of Inheritance……Page 32
Mitochondrial Inheritance……Page 33
Chromosome Theory of Sex Determination……Page 34
Distribution of Males and Females in the Population……Page 35
Sex-Linked Characteristics……Page 37
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT INHERITANCE……Page 38
NATURAL SELECTION……Page 40
Misuse of Darwin’s Theories……Page 42
Nearly One-Half of Americans Believe Humans Did Not Evolve……Page 43
Some States Move to Teach Creationism in Public Schools……Page 45
Increasing and Decreasing Genetic Variation……Page 46
MUTATION……Page 47
Frequency and Causes of Mutation……Page 48
MODERN SYNTHESIS OF EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS……Page 49
Asthma: A Disease with Genetic and Environmental Causes……Page 50
TWIN STUDIES……Page 52
Do Genes Govern Sexual Orientation?……Page 53
GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON INTELLIGENCE……Page 54
HOW DO GENES INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES?……Page 55
ENVIRONMENTAL GENOME PROJECT……Page 57
CHAPTER 5 GENETIC DISORDERS……Page 58
COMMON GENETICALLY INHERITED DISEASES……Page 60
Genetic Causes of AD……Page 61
Testing for AD……Page 62
CANCER……Page 64
Genetic Research……Page 65
CYSTIC FIBROSIS……Page 67
CF Gene-Screening Falters……Page 68
Causes of Diabetes……Page 69
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE……Page 70
Gene Responsible for HD Found……Page 71
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY……Page 72
Symptoms of SCA……Page 74
Who Contracts SCD?……Page 75
How Is TSD Inherited?……Page 76
Who Is at Risk?……Page 77
QUALITY AND UTILITY OF GENETIC TESTS……Page 78
Prenatal Testing……Page 79
Laboratory Techniques for Genetic Prenatal Testing……Page 82
New Techniques Detect Fetal Gene Mutations……Page 85
GENETIC DIAGNOSIS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS……Page 86
New Genetic Tests Help Patients Choose Optimal Treatment……Page 88
Population Screening……Page 89
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS—CHOICES AND CHALLENGES……Page 90
Personal Choices and Psychological Consequences of Genetic Testing……Page 91
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996……Page 92
GENETIC COUNSELING……Page 93
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE SEQUENCING OF THE HUMAN GENOME……Page 94
BIRTH OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT……Page 96
Worming Away……Page 98
Public and Private Initiatives Compete……Page 99
FIRST DRAFT OF THE COMPLETED HUMAN GENOME……Page 100
First Draft Is Headline News……Page 101
PUFFER FISH AND MOUSE GENOMES ARE SEQUENCED……Page 102
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT IS COMPLETED……Page 103
DAWN OF THE POSTGENOMIC ERA……Page 106
Molecular Medicine……Page 108
Haplotype Mapping Project……Page 109
Future of Genomic Research……Page 110
CLONING GENES……Page 112
Dolly the Sheep Paves the Way for Other Cloned Animals……Page 114
Cloning Endangered Species……Page 115
THERAPEUTIC CLONING……Page 116
Research Promises Therapeutic Benefits without Cloning……Page 118
OPINIONS SHAPE PUBLIC POLICY……Page 119
Moral and Ethical Objections to Human Cloning……Page 120
Legislation Aims to Completely Ban Human Cloning……Page 121
State Human Cloning Laws……Page 122
California Leads the Way……Page 123
Public Opinions about Stem Cell Research and Cloning……Page 124
AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING……Page 128
Are GM Crops Helpful or Harmful?……Page 129
Terminator Technology……Page 131
U.S. BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATORY SYSTEM……Page 132
Criticisms of the U.S. Regulatory Approach……Page 133
U.S. Consumers’ Opinions Vary……Page 136
AN INTERNATIONAL FOOD FIGHT Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety……Page 137
GE Foods in International Markets……Page 138
BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONS RESPOND TO CHALLENGES ABOUT GM FOODS……Page 139
Genes Explain Disease, Drug Resistance, and Treatment Failures and Successes……Page 140
Gene Therapy……Page 141
MORE APPLICATIONS OF GENETIC RESEARCH……Page 144
Nanotechnology……Page 145
CHAPTER 10 ETHICAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC OPINION……Page 148
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT CONSIDERS ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES……Page 149
SURVEYS REVEAL SUPPORT FOR, AND CONCERN ABOUT, GENETIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING……Page 150
Approval of Genetic Testing Depends on How It Is Used……Page 151
NOTED AUTHORS ADDRESS THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING……Page 153
IMPORTANT NAMES AND ADDRESSES……Page 160
RESOURCES……Page 162
C……Page 164
D……Page 165
G……Page 166
I……Page 167
N……Page 168
R……Page 169
S……Page 170
Z……Page 171
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