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2016.
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"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on his scientific knowledge and research to describe the magisterial history of a scientific idea, the quest to decipher the master-code of instructions that makes and defines humans; that governs our form, function, and fate; and that determines the future of our children. The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea...
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"There's a secret code inside you, a code called DNA. A code that tells your body's cells what they should do each day. It looks like twisted ladders, or tiny, twirling noodles. It makes us into people, instead of into poodles. Why can't humans breathe underwater? Why are some people tall and others short? Why do we resemble our parents and grandparents? This book explores all this and more in flowing, rhyming text, explaining cells, DNA, and genetics...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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"It's inside every living plant and animal, from the tiniest seed to the person standing next to you, but how much do you know about DNA? This book gives children an in-depth look at DNA and its role in all living things -- from why we have different-colored eyes to why we age. Discover what DNA is, what it does, and how it shapes our lives, including inheritance and why we look like our parents; forensic science and how DNA evidence helps catch...
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Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2020.
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2 DVDs (240 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Scientific genetics holds at once the promise of eradicating disease and the threat of altering the very essence of what it means to be human. The Gene: An Intimate History traces the dizzying evolution of this new science as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA. Based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
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Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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68 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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"Why do children look like their parents? Why are some people blond and others brunette, and where do we get our eye colour from? This book explains genetic theory, what genes are, why DNA plays an important role and what all these insights have to do with a curious monk. An exciting journey through the history of science, present-day genetic research and engineering and right through to the question of identity – because who would have thought...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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An introduction to genetic code combines simple, engaging language and expressive, child-friendly illustrations to explain how biological life grows and changes and how DNA combines to make humans both unique and connected to all life on the planet.
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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This is the real-life story of Jeremy, a rare garden snail found in 2015 by a retired London scientist. Jeremy's shell spiraled to the left, indicating reversed internal anatomy--including a heart positioned on the right. As a result, a similarly rare mate was needed in order to procreate.
8) Positive results: making the best decisions when you're at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer
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Discovering you are at risk allows you to make informed choices about lifestyle and medical interventions. But genetic information may still leave individuals overwhelmed by anxiety and fear. Learn about women who are coming to grips with the information of their genetic and medical tests.
9) DNA is not destiny: the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
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344 pages ; 25 cm
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"Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA? Well, now you can find out, and you most likely will. Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we'll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them completely. We've become accustomed to breathless media coverage...
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Harmony
Pub. Date
[2015]
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x, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain present a bold new understanding of our genes and how simple changes in lifestyle can boost genetic activity. The leap into "radical well-being" is a promise waiting to be fulfilled. "You are not simply the sum total of the genes you were born with," writes Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi. "You are the user and controller of your genes, the author of your biological story. No prospect in self-care...
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"Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female relatives of breasts, ovaries, peace of mind, or life itself. In Pandora's DNA, Stark uses her family's experience to frame a larger story about the so-called...
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2012
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xi, 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Reveals the surprising history of a family who believed themselves to be of Native American and Spanish Catholic descent after one family member developed breast cancer and was discovered to be carrying a genetic variant characteristic of Jews.
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