Notes



Introduction: The Age of Genetics

1. Palm Beach Post , "Genes: Who We Are, How We Age, What We Eat," April 12, 2002, p. 2A.


Chapter 1: Inheritance

2. Colin Tudge, The Impact of the Gene: From Mendel's Peas to Designer Babies. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000, pp. 8–9.

3. Tudge, The Impact of the Gene , p. 99.

4. R. Scott Hawley and Catherine A. Mori, The Human Genome: A User's Guide. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999, p. 13.

5. Hawley and Mori, The Human Genome , p. 13.

6. Hawley and Mori, The Human Genome , pp. 13–16.

7. Daniel L. Hartl and Elizabeth W. Jones, Essential Genetics: A Genomics Perspective. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett 2002, p. 40.


Chapter 2: Genes and DNA

8. William K. Purves et al., "Life: The Science of Biology , vol. 1, The Cell and Heredity. Salt Lake City: Sinauer, 1998, p. 76.

9. Laura Gould, Cat's Are Not Peas: A Calico History of Genetics. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996, pp. 4–5.

10. Boyce Rensberger, Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 88.

11. Rensberger, Life Itself , p. 90.

12. Hawley and Mori, The Human Genome , p. 19.

13. Paul Berg and Maxine Singer, Dealing with Genes: The Language of Heredity. Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1992, p. 16.

14. Tudge, The Impact of the Gene , p. 126.


Chapter 3: Genetic Engineering

15. Karl Drlica, Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning: A Guide for the Curious. New York: John Wiley, 1997, p. 23.

16. Drlica, Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning , p. 123.

17. Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii, Unraveling DNA: The Most Important Molecule of Life. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1997, p. 55.

18. Frank-Kamenetskii, Unraveling DNA, p. 58.

19. Virginia Cooperative Extension, "Status Report on Transgenic Organisms." Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1997, p. 2.

20. Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, "How Appropriate Are Currently Available Biotechnologies in the Crop Sector for Food Production and Agriculture in Developing Countries." New York: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000, p. 3.

21. Tim Beardsley, "A Clone in Sheep's Clothing," Scientific American , March 3, 2000. www.sciam.com.

22. Beardsley, "A Clone in Sheep's Clothing."

23. John Whitfield, "Obituary: Dolly the Sheep," Nature , February 19, 2003. www.nature.com.

24. Whitfield, "Obituary: Dolly the Sheep."


Chapter 4: Genes and Health

25. Dennis O'Neil "Mutation," Palomar College, 2002. http://anthro.palomar.edu.

26. O'Neil, "Mutation."

27. O'Neil, "Mutation."

28. Kenneth R. Bridges, "How Do People Get Sickle Cell Disease?" Harvard University, 2002. http://sickle.bwh. harvard.edu.

29. Bridges, "How Do People Get Sickle Cell Disease?"

30. Paul Heyman, Joanne Stark, and Ntobeko Ntusi, "ADA Deficiency," Haverford College, 1999. www.haverford.edu.

31. Heyman et al., "ADA Deficiency."

32. Quoted in Discovery Health Channel, "Cures." Discovery Communications, 2002. http://health.discovery.com.


Chapter 5: Genes and the Law

33. James F. Crow, DNA Forensics: Past, Present, and Future . Madison, WI: Promega, 2000, p. 6.

34. Howard Coleman and Eric Swenson, DNA in the Courtroom: A Trial Watcher's Guide . Seattle: GeneLex Press, 1994. www. promega.com 35. Coleman and Swenson, DNA in the Courtroom , p. 31.

36. Quoted in Coleman and Swenson, DNA in the Courtroom , p. 10.

37. Quoted in Coleman and Swenson, DNA in the Courtroom , p. 10.

38. Coleman and Swenson, DNA in the Courtroom , p. 40.

39. Quoted in Frontline , "What Jennifer Saw." Public Broadcasting Service/WGBH, 1998. www.pbs.org.

40. Quoted in Frontline , "What Jennifer Saw."

41. Quoted in Frontline , "What Jennifer Saw."

42. Quoted in Frontline , "What Jennifer Saw."


Epilogue: Genetics and the Definition of "Human"

43. Tudge, The Impact of the Gene , p. 344.

44. Tudge, The Impact of the Gene , p. 315.

45. Tudge, The Impact of the Gene , p. 342.

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