LEADER 03502nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910954707903321 005 20251116160355.0 010 $a0-87969-659-1 035 $a(CKB)111056486865748 035 $a(OCoLC)607898669 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10006733 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096216 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12033909 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096216 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10076507 035 $a(PQKB)10296584 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137903 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137903 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10006733 035 $a(OCoLC)922997993 035 $a(BIP)6458702 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486865748 100 $a20000322d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAbraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics /$fPhilip R. Reilly 210 $aCold Spring Harbor, NY $cCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-87969-580-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aTwenty-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. 606 $aHuman genetics$vPopular works 606 $aMedical genetics$vPopular works 606 $aGenetic engineering$vPopular works 615 0$aHuman genetics 615 0$aMedical genetics 615 0$aGenetic engineering 676 $a599.93/5 700 $aReilly$b Philip$f1947-$01867610 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954707903321 996 $aAbraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics$94475240 997 $aUNINA