Human Genome Project

This unique book introduces the ideas underlying classical and molecular genetics and then describes the purpose of the human genome project, its approach, its triumphs, its technological pitfalls and its ethical and social implications.

Understanding Inheritance: An Introduction to Classical and Molecular Genetics.- Mapping the Genome: The Vision, the Science, the Implementation.- The Mapping of Chromosome 16.- DNA Libraries: Recombinant Clones for Mapping and Sequencing.- Computation and the Genome Project.- Rapid DNA Sequencing Based on Single-Molecule Detection.- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications.- An Invitation to Genetics in the 21st Century.- Glossary.- Index.