Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics / / Philip R. Reilly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954707903321
• Autore: Reilly Philip <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cold Spring Harbor, NY, : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2000
• ISBN: 0-87969-659-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.93/5
• Soggetti: Human genetics; Medical genetics; Genetic engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- HISTORY Using DNA to Understand the Past -- 1 Abraham Lincoln Did He Have Marfan Syndrome? -- 2 Kings and Queens Genetic Diseases in Royal Families -- 3 Toulouse- Lautrec An Artist despite His Genes -- 4 Old Bones DNA and Skeletons -- JUSTICE The DNA Revolution in the Courts -- 5 DNA Detectives The New DNA Evidence -- 6 Cold Hits The Rise of DNA Felon Databanks -- 7 Genes and Violence Do Mutations Cause Crime? -- 8 Wrongful Birth What Should the Doctor Know? -- BEHAVIOR Do Genes Make Us the Way We Are? -- 9 Mental Illness How Much Is Genetic? -- 10 Personality Were We Born This Way? -- 11 Talent Nature or Nurture? -- 12 Gay Genes What's the Evidence? -- PLANTS AND ANIMALS Genetic Engineering and Nature -- 13 Genetically Modified Organisms The Next Green Revolution? -- 14 Transgenic Animals New Foods and New Factories -- 15 Endangered Species New Genes Beat Extinction -- 16 Xenotransplantation Animal Organs to Save Humans -- DISEASES The Genetic Revolution in Medicine -- 17 Cystic Fibrosis Should Everyone Be Tested? -- 18 Breast Cancer The Burden of Knowing -- 19 Alzheimer Disease Are You at High Risk? -- 20 Gene Therapy The Dream and the Reality -- DILEMMAS Genetic Technologies and Individual Choice -- 21 Genetic Testing and Privacy Who Should Be Able to Know Your Genes? -- 22 Frozen Embryos People or Property? -- 23 Cloning Why Is Everyone Opposed? -- 24 Eugenics Can We ; Improve the Gene Pool? -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Twenty-four true, wide-ranging tales of crime, history, human behaviour, illness and ethics, told from the personal perspective of an eminent physician-lawyer. Philip Reilly uses these stories to illustrate the principles of human genetics and the wider issues.