| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 782 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword; Contents; 1 The Invention of Biotechnology; 2 Political Interpretations of Biotechnology and the Birth of the First Research Programs; 3 The Foundations of the Heralded RevoIution; 4 Attack on the Cenomes: The First Genetic and Physical Maps; 5 The Human Genome Project and the International Sequencing Programs; 6 European Biotechnology Strategy and Sequencing the Yeast Genome; 7 The Decryption of Life; 7.1 The Structure and Organization of the European Yeast Genome Sequencing Network |
| Summary |
Aimed at scientists and non-specialised readers alike, this book retraces the source of national and international biotechnology programmes by examining the origins of biotechnology and its political and economic interpretation by large nations. With a foreword by André Goffeau, who initiated the European Yeast Genome Project, the book describes the achievements of the first genetic and physical maps, as well as the political and scientific genesis of the American Human Genome Project. Following these advances, the author discusses the European biotechnology strategy, the birth and implementat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-750) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gene mapping -- Forecasting
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Human gene mapping -- Forecasting
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Biotechnology -- Technological innovations -- Forecasting
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Chromosome Mapping -- trends
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Biotechnology -- trends
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Sequence Analysis, DNA -- trends
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585446474 |
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9780585446479 |
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9812384871 |
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9789812384874 |
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1281869686 |
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9781281869685 |
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9786611869687 |
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6611869689 |
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