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Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Over 3.5 billion years ago, a complex chemical appeared in the warm oceans of a young Earth. The chemical had a startling quality: it could reproduce itself. Over vast periods of time this ancient chemical gave rise to more than five million widely varied forms of life. This book tells the story of how life arose and evolved. It describes the discoveries of scientists who have tried to understand the very origins of life and crack the code that governs...
62) Gregor Mendel
Author
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"During the nineteenth century, an Austrian friar named Gregor Mendel discovered that invisible factors, now called genes, determined the traits of an organism. Mendel found that certain traits passed down from parents were either dominant or recessive, and that patterns of trait inheritance could be reliably predicted. His work was little noticed until the early twentieth century, when other scientists, working independently, replicated his work....
Author
Publisher
Annick Press Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
We can change the world with genetic modification-but should we? CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. If it sounds complicated, it is-but it's also one of the most powerful ways we can shape the future. And it's poised to completely upend the way we think about science. Author Yolanda Ridge tackles this topic in a friendly and accessible tone, with two introductory chapters covering the basics of DNA and genetic...
Publisher
Beyond Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Mutant X chronicles the adventures of a team of mutants who, as a result of genetic engineering, possess super human powers. Mutant X's mission is twofold, to shield fellow mutants from those who wish to exploit or harm them and to protect the larger community from the evil forces they uncover"--Container.
Publisher
Beyond Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Mutant X chronicles the adventures of a team of mutants who, as a result of genetic engineering, possess super human powers. Mutant X's mission is twofold, to shield fellow mutants from those who wish to exploit or harm them and to protect the larger community from the evil forces they uncover"--Container.
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