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Author Vaughan, Jenny, 1947-

Title Who discovered DNA? / Jenny Vaughan.

Publication Info. Mankato, Minn. : Arcturus Pub., 2010.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1484422~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 572.86 VAU    AVAILABLE
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Description 46 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Series Breakthroughs in science and technology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
Contents The secret of heredity -- Heredity in practice -- How are living things made? -- Life changes -- A monk in Austria -- Finding DNA and chromosomes -- Professor Morgan's fruit flies -- At last-- the truth about DNA -- How DNA is made -- Double twist -- The messenger and the code -- Changes and mistakes in DNA -- Genetic modification -- GM plants -- GM animals -- Clones and cloning -- The ultimate map -- Fingerprints and profiles -- What next?
Summary "Looking at some of the major inventions and discoveries shaping our world today, Breakthroughs in Science profiles the research leading up to the discovery (not just profiles of the one or two key "players"). Each book describes the "famous" moment and then examines the continued evolution illustrating its impact today and for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject DNA -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9781848376793 (lib. bdg.)
1848376790 (lib. bdg.)
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