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The Book of Genes and Genomes

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Authors:
  1. Susanne B. Haga

    1. Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine (CAGPM), Durham, USA

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  • Easy to understand writing style, enabling novices
  • Includes case-studies that depict how genes have advanced understanding of health, medicine, evolution and biology
  • Recommended reading offered to facilitate self study

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. From Genes to Genomes in All Living Things

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 1-16

  3. My Family’s Health History (and Why It Is Important for Me to Know)

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 17-27

  4. A Savior Sibling

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 29-39

  5. Too Few, Too Many

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 41-52

  6. You Have Probably Already Had a Genetic Test (But No One Told You): Newborn Screening

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 53-62

  7. Sweet Blood

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 63-72

  8. Will This Drug Work for You?

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 73-81

  9. No Two Cancers the Same

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 83-95

  10. Correcting Genes

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 97-106

  11. Hunting the Invisible Bugs

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 107-128

  12. Can Genes Explain Behavior?

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 129-140

  13. I Will Have the Genetically Modified Foods, Please

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 141-157

  14. Cleaning Up the Environment

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 159-168

  15. Genetics and the Crime Scene: Just Like TV?

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 169-181

  16. Are Humans Related to Cavemen?

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 183-193

  17. (Re-)Creating New Life

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 195-211

  18. Home-based Genetic Testing: A Brave New World

    • Susanne B. Haga
    Pages 213-221

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 223-236
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About this book

The Book of Genes & Genomes  presents a concise overview of the advances in genetics and genomics and provides the unfamiliar reader with a succinct description of many of the applications and implications of this field. Given the substantial investment in genetics and genomics over the past several decades and the many recent discoveries and developments, this book will help the reader begin to understand the importance of genetics and genomics to us all. This exciting new title includes information on how genetics and genomics has advanced our understanding of health and medicine, evolution, and biology, as well as how they are pushing the boundaries of ethics and social values.

  • Assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader;
  • Easy to understand writing style, enabling novices to read and speak the "language" of genes and genomes;
  • Inclusion of case-studies that depict how genes and genomics have advanced understanding of health,medicine, evolution and biology, but juxtaposed to ethics and social values;
  • Recommended reading offered to facilitate self study;
  • Clear, up to date and affordable.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine (CAGPM), Durham, USA

    Susanne B. Haga

About the author

Dr. Susanne Haga is an Associate Professor in Medicine with Duke University School of Medicine in the Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Sanford School of Public Policy, and the Department of Biology. She received her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1999. Her research interests include translation of genomics into practice, with a focus on education of providers, patients, and the public. This includes the development of educational materials about genomic research in general, pharmacogenetic testing, and communicating genetic test results, in addition to undergraduate teaching in genetics/genomics, ethics, and policy. Dr. Haga has authored many peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on these subjects, and has been awarded numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Book of Genes and Genomes

  • Authors: Susanne B. Haga

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70916-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-70915-4Published: 22 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-70916-1Published: 21 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Genetics and Genomics, Human Genetics

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