Genetics: Macmillan Science Library

Published by Macmillan Reference USA

This title covers the full spectrum of this most important science. Major themes include:

Inheritance, from Mendel to the present
Genes and chromosomes, with full exploration of how genes work in the cell
Genetic diseases, including hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, and more than a dozen other common and well-known genetic disorders, plus how genes influence cancer, mental illness, and other complex disorders
Biotechnology, with special emphasis on lab techniques now in use in many high school classes, including eletrophoresis, restriction enzymes, and gene cloning
Ethical, legal, and social issues, including genetically modified foods and cloning
History of genetics, with both biographies and histories of major themes in genetics
Careers

Review:

"This four-volume encyclopedia covers all aspects of traditional genetics, as well as provides extensive coverage of medical genetics, human genetics, molecular genetics, population genetics, genomics, and even proteomics... This encyclopedia, suitable for college students, provides a very thorough broad coverage of its subject. The writing is clear, the contributors are well qualified, the illustrations are very clear, and the organization is good and convenient... This set is recommended for academic and larger public libraries."
--ARBA (2004)

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