Midthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces how genes impact an organism's inherited traits, including variation, hybrids, mutations, and nature versus nurture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.5 MIDAnders, Mason
Summary: Did you know that most of our bodies' cells contain about 6 feet (2 meters) of DNA? Learn how DNA and genes determine each unique trait of plants and animals by taking a close look at the make up and structure of DNA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 572.8 ANDSummary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces how genes impact an organism's inherited traits, including variation, hybrids, mutations, and nature versus nurture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.5 TRAAnders, Mason
Summary: Are your eyes brown? Blue? Green? Why are they the color that they are? Heredity takes a close look at the genes and traits passed down from mothers and fathers. Learn about dominant and recessive genes and how they determine unique characteristics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.5 ANDHeine, Steven J.
Summary: "Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA? Well, now you can find out, and you most likely will. Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we'll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W . Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 HEIArney, Kat
Summary: The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise.So we've all heard of genes, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 ARNDavies, Nicola
Summary: An introduction to genetic code combines simple, engaging language and expressive, child-friendly illustrations to explain how biological life grows and changes and how DNA combines to make humans both unique and connected to all life on the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAVSummary: "Did you know that genes determine everything from hair and eye color to whether or not you can roll your tongue? It's all in the genes you inherited from your mother and father. Join Bill in Genes, as he explores the chromosomal world of DNA."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILMukherjee, Siddhartha
Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on his scientific knowledge and research to describe the magisterial history of a scientific idea, the quest to decipher the master-code of instructions that makes and defines humans; that governs our form, function, and fate; and that determines the future of our children. The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 MUKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.042 MUKSummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOSummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOBrodnick, Caitlin
Summary: "After watching too many family members die of cancer, at age 28, public speaker and comedian Caitlin Brodnick was tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation and tested positive, indicating an 87% chance she'd likely be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. She had a preventative double mastectomy, thereby becoming an everywoman's Angelina Jolie. Dangerous Boobies: Breaking Up with My Time-Bomb...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRODNICK, CAITLIN BROClaybourne, Anna
Summary: This book takes you deep inside a cell to see where genes are found and goes behind the headlines to explain cloning, gene therapy, the human genome, DNA testing, GM foods, genetic engineering and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 572 CLAStark, Lizzie.
Summary: "Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female relatives of breasts, ovaries, peace of mind, or life itself. In Pandora's DNA, Stark uses her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.1 STASummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOSummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIONowicki, Stephen
Summary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOShenk, David
Summary: DNA does not make us who we are. Journalist David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic "giftedness," and presents new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines, Shenk maintains the problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 SHEThompson, Pauline Elizabeth
Summary: "A playful and rhythmic nonfiction picture book that introduces readers to the concept of DNA, and celebrates the similarities we share with all life forms--and each other!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 572.8 THOSummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOPopova, Maria
Summary: This is the real-life story of Jeremy, a rare garden snail found in 2015 by a retired London scientist. Jeremy's shell spiraled to the left, indicating reversed internal anatomy--including a heart positioned on the right. As a result, a similarly rare mate was needed in order to procreate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2021
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Summary: "When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA 921 DOUSummary: "Every year, over a million babies are born worldwide with a hereditary disease; most are serious, and many are fatal. For most of the history of medicine, doctors could only treat symptoms. Now an elite cadre of pioneers, gene doctors, is starting to target root causes. Through intimate stories of families whose lives are being transformed, the film takes viewers to the frontlines of a medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GENHoxie, Jim
Summary: "When Grandpa loses his sight, he attends a school for veterans who are visually impaired. There he regains his confidence for independent living. Grandpa shares these experiences and talks about educating children about the tall white cane."--Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020