03502nam 2200577 a 450 991095470790332120251116160355.00-87969-659-1(CKB)111056486865748(OCoLC)607898669(CaPaEBR)ebrary10006733(SSID)ssj0000096216(PQKBManifestationID)12033909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096216(PQKBWorkID)10076507(PQKB)10296584(MiAaPQ)EBC3137903(Au-PeEL)EBL3137903(CaPaEBR)ebr10006733(OCoLC)922997993(BIP)6458702(EXLCZ)9911105648686574820000322d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics /Philip R. ReillyCold Spring Harbor, NY Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pressc20001 online resource (359 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87969-580-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index.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.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.Human geneticsPopular worksMedical geneticsPopular worksGenetic engineeringPopular worksHuman geneticsMedical geneticsGenetic engineering599.93/5Reilly Philip1947-1867610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954707903321Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics4475240UNINA