I had a look around and found a couple of useful books and articles on the human genetics.
- Human Heredity: Principles and Issues | Michael Cummings
This book tackled the topic of how biotechnology is changing the way we look at the world today. Through the creation of transgenic organisms and the way that we look at ourselves with new genetic testing procedures and human genomics. In chapter 13, the books goes on showcase the recent developments in the field of genetic technology completion of the human genome. What's interesting is that Cummings incorporates this newly found knowledge and the resulting modern methods and technology.
- Forensic DNA Typing: Biology, Technology and Genetics | John M.. Butler
DNA typing is the modern, widely known method through which scientists in a court can use DNA samples like a fingerprint to catch a criminal or find a child's father. The book has lots of information about DNA typing and the issues connected with the technology. After having a look at the few relevant chapters in the book, it helped me understand modern DNA testing and the ways in which it has transformed criminal justice systems around the world.
- Genomes | T. A. Brown
After reading a section from this book about sequencing genomes, it helped me to understand a lot about genomes. Like distinguishing between the two methods used to sequence DNA, Chain termination method and the chemical degradation method. Features of automated DNA sequencing and the whole genome shotgun approach to genome sequencing(the h. influenza genome was sequenced entirely by the shotgun approach and without resource to any genetic or physical map info.).
- Genetics for Dummies | Tara Rodden Robinson
This taught me a lot about the basics of DNA, explaining Phenotypes, Genotypes, Dominant and Recessive traits and the Punnett square, which is a way to determine your parents genotypes and phenotypes for a certain trait. Also SNPs(Single Nucleotide Polymorphism), which is the variation in our cells which makes us different form people around the world!
Articles |
An interesting article about Chromosome mutation, which is a change... resulting in rearranged chromosome parts, abnormal numbers of individual chromosomes, which may lead to abnormalities in cell and organismal function.
Another informative article about genes and the diseases that they cause.
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