100 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 poster (54 x 41 cm. folded to 27 x 21 cm.)
Note
Cover title.
"This is the eighth in a series of reports about biomedical science"--Inside front cover.
Editor, Maya Pines--P. 100.
Contents
Discovering what the genes in a living cell do-starting with yeast / Maya Pines -- Unexpected rewards from our similarity to fruit flies / Gary A. Taubes -- First animal to have its entire genome sequenced : C. elegans / Maya Pines -- Treasures await those who study our closest relative among model organisms : the mouse / Stephen S. Hall -- Shuttling between species to make sense of the human genome / Maya Pines.
