| Description |
xv, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cancer, computers, and a "list-based" biology -- Information and life -- Behold the gene -- Working with genes one at a time -- The database -- Getting the genes -- Prospecting for genes with ESTs -- ESTs, the gene race, and Moore's law -- The end game -- Human genome history -- Comparing human genomes -- A paradigm in peril -- The ancient internet--information flow in cells -- Accessing the information output of the genome -- The genomics industry -- The SNP race -- From information to knowledge -- The final act -- Future prospects -- Appendix : How the patent process works. |
| Subject |
Human genome.
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Human gene mapping.
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| ISBN |
0071387617 (pbk.) |
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