Genomes and what to make of them

The announcement in 2003 that the Human Genome Project had completed its map of the entire human genome was heralded as a stunning scientific breakthrough: our first full picture of the basic building blocks of human life. Since then, boasts about the benefits?and warnings of the dangers?of genomics...

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Main Author: Barnes, Barry, 1943-
Other Authors: Dupré, John.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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505 0 # |a By way of background -- Genes, genomes, and molecular genetics -- Genomes -- Genomics and evolution -- Genomics and problems of explanation -- Genomics as power -- Natural order and human dignity -- Conclusions. 
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