Genetic Twists of Fate

• Main Author: Fields, Stanley (auth)
• Other Authors: Johnston, Mark (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2010
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Genetic engineering; Gene therapy; Genetics (non-medical); Medical genetics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

How tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well. News stories report almost daily on the remarkable progress scientists are making in unraveling the genetic basis of disease and behavior. Meanwhile, new technologies are rapidly r...