Beschreibung:
With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of molecular genetics and genomics.
Section 1. Molecularizing Maps1. Angela Creager. Mapping Genes in Microorganisms2. Frederic L. Holmes. Seymour Benzer and the Convergence of Molecular Biology with Classical Genetics3. Marcel Weber. Walking on the Chromosome: Drosophila and the Molecularization of Development4. Scott Gilbert. Gene Expression Maps: The Cartography of Transcription5. Soraya de Chadarevian. Mapping the Worm's Genome: Tools, Networks, PatronageSection 2. The Moral and the Political Economy of Human Genome Sequencing6. Stephen Hilgartner. Making Maps and Making Social Order: Governing American Genome Centers, 1988-937. Alain Kaufmann. Mapping the Human Genome at Généthon Laboratory: The French Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Politics of the Gene8. Adam Bostanci. Sequencing Human Genomes9. Gísli Pálsson. Decoding Relations and Disease: The Icelandic Biogenetic Project