McElheny, Victor K. 1935-2025

Drawing the map of life : inside the Human Genome Project / Victor K. McElheny. - New York, NY : Basic Books, c2010. - xiii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - A Merloyd Lawrence book .

"A Merloyd Lawrence book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building the toolbox -- Getting started -- Scaling up -- Crisis -- Surprises -- Human variety -- The struggle for medical relevance.

Chronicles the race to map the human genome, noting the impact of skeptics in the 1970s and 1980s, the breakthroughs of the 1990s, and the political maelstrom that ensued in the face of corporate involvement and the fight for credit.

9780465043330 (alk. paper) 046504333X (alk. paper)

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101523434 DNLM 015607145 Uk


Human Genome Project--History.
Proyecto Genoma Humano --Historia


Human Genome Project.
Proyecto genoma humano
Genomics.
GenĂ³mica

QH 447 / M478d 2010

611/.0181663