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The code of life: all about genes, DNA, genetic engineering, and why you are the way you are
The code of life: all about genes, DNA, genetic engineering, and why you are the way you are
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Häfner, Carla
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
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The birth of genetics
A look through the microscope
In the Fly Room
What genes are made of
In the lab
The zip function
Cracking the genetic code
Packed away in the nucleus
Mistakes happen
About diversity
Prisoners of our genes?
Family connections
The blueprint for a human being
Making comparisons
The early days of genetic engineering
Remarkable medicines
Repairing DNA
CRISPR: The Gene Editing Tool
Green genetic engineering
Saving the environment
Gene drive
Dolly the sheep and other clones
Tiny all-rounders
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric giants
Criminals beware!
New vaccines
Closing words
Your own research.
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Subjects
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Creative nonfiction
DNA
DNA -- Juvenile literature
Genes
Genes -- Juvenile literature
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering -- Juvenile literature
Instructional and educational works
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Contributors
Scheier, Mieke,1986-
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ISBN
9781838748845
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