Further Readings
Davies, K. Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA. New York: Free Press, 2001. This book provides an overview of the genome project, including how the genome has changed the way that biology is studied--both publicly and privately. Collins, F. and K. Jegalain. "Deciphering the Code of Life." Scientific American, December 1999, 86-91. This article looks at what we can learn by comparing the genomes of various species. Karow, J. "Reading the Book of Life." Scientific American, February, 2001, . A discussion about the surprising number of genes that researchers have found in the human genome. Ridley, M. Genome : The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters. New York: Harpercollins, 1999. An exploration of the human genome, one chromosome at a time. Ridley picks specific genes from each chromosome to use as examples of the genome's potential power.		Rosenberg, A. Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science, and Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. A look at how Darwin's philosophies can be applied to the new genome research and to social science in general. Tudge, C. The Impact of the Gene: from Mendel's Peas to Designer Babies. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001. Discusses the changing face of science and explores where we can go from here. Various authors. "The Human Genome Project." Science 265 (September 30, 1994). An entire issue devoted to the Human Genome Project, including a spectacular wall chart of human chromosomes with all known loci labeled. Wilmut, I., K. Campbell, and C. Tudge. The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000. Written by the scientists who made Dolly, this book discusses the new era of science and the ethics associated with cloning technology.
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