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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.2 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
The author examines some of the findings of the Human Genome Project, telling the story of one newly discovered gene from each of the twenty-three human chromosomes, and discussing what those genes reveal about the history of the human species.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes....
Series
Life sciences ethics and democracy volume Volume 2
Publisher
Brill-Rodopi
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mooney helps readers explore the discoveries scientists have made about the human genome. These discoveries help us better understand and treat certain diseases, trace our human ancestry and migration, and compare our species to others. She also explores some of the ethical, legal, and social issues that arise from advances in genomic science.
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race.
