Genetics For Dummies

Reveals the connections between genetics and specific diseases Understand the science and the ethics behind genetics Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals. From dominant and recessive inherited traits to the DNA double-helix, you get clear explanations in easy-to-understand terms. Plus, you'll see how people are applying genetic science to fight disease, develop new products, solve crimes...and even clone cats Discover: What geneticists do How traits are passed on How genetic counseling works The basics of cloning The role of DNA in forensics The scoop on the Human Genome Project

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Title of ebook: Genetics For Dummies
ISBN: 9780471776031
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Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 5646 kb
Pages: 364
Published: 08-2005
Released online for download: 08-19-2005
Author of eBook: Robinson PhD, Tara Rodden

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Genetics for Dummies

Chapter One

What Genetics Is and Why You Need to Know Some

In This Chapter

* Introducing the subject of genetics

* Uncovering the activities of a typical genetics lab

* Getting the scoop on career opportunities in genetics

Welcome to the complex and fascinating world of genetics. Genetics is all about physical traits and the code carefully hidden away in DNA that supplies the building plans for any organism. This chapter explains what the field of genetics is, and what geneticists do. You get an introduction to the big picture and a glimpse at some of the details found in other chapters of this book.

What Is Genetics?

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Genetics is the field of science that examines how traits are passed from one generation to the next. Simply put, genetics affects everything about every living thing on earth. An organism's genes, snippets of DNA that are the fundamental units of heredity, control how it looks, behaves, and reproduces. Because all biology dep ... read full excerpt from Genetics For Dummies ebook

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Genetics for Dummies

Chapter One

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