Cracking the genome : inside the race to unlock human DNA / Kevin Davies.
| Author/creator | Davies, Kevin, 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Free Press, ©2001. |
| Description | vi, 310 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Knights of the double helix : the quest for biology's holy grail -- Reading the book of life : a quick voyage around the human genome -- Eye of the TIGR : J. Craig Venter, maverick sequencer -- Loading the bases : Francis Collins and the DNA detectives -- Circle of life : decoding the first free-living creatures -- Treasures of the lost worlds : the keys to human disease from Tristan da Cunha to Iceland -- Prize fight : the creation of Celera Genomics -- Story of us : the secrets of who we are -- Croesus code : passion, personality, and profit -- Eighth day : braving the new world of designer genes -- Language of God : a defining moment in the history of the human race. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-296) and index. |
| LCCN | 00048430 |
| ISBN | 0743204794 : |