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Part 1 - Genetic Engineering in Context

pp 1-50
Chapter 1 - Introduction

pp 2-15
Chapter 2 - The Story of DNA

pp 16-35
Chapter 3 - Brave New World or Genetic Nightmare?

pp 36-50
Part 2 - The Basis of Genetic Engineering

pp 51-132
Chapter 4 - Introducing Molecular Biology

pp 52-77
Chapter 5 - The Tools of the Trade

pp 78-93
Chapter 6 - Working with Nucleic Acids

pp 94-132
Part 3 - The Methodology of Gene Manipulation

pp 133-262
Chapter 7 - Host Cells and Vectors

pp 134-159
Chapter 8 - Cloning Strategies

pp 160-187
Chapter 9 - The Polymerase Chain Reaction

pp 188-209
Chapter 10 - Selection, Screening and Analysis of Recombinants

pp 210-229
Chapter 11 - Bioinformatics

pp 230-247
Chapter 12 - Genome Editing

pp 248-262
Part 4 - Genetic Engineering in Action

pp 263-404
Chapter 13 - Investigating Genes, Genomes and ‘Otheromes’

pp 264-295
Chapter 14 - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

pp 296-325
Chapter 15 - Medical and Forensic Applications of Gene Manipulation

pp 326-361
Chapter 16 - Transgenic Plants and Animals

pp 362-389
Chapter 17 - The Other Sort of Cloning

pp 390-404
Glossary

pp 405-438
Index

pp 439-452

The fourth edition of this popular textbook retains its focus on the fundamental principles of gene manipulation, providing an accessible and broad-based introduction to the subject for beginning undergraduate students. It has been brought thoroughly up to date with new chapters on the story of DNA and genome editing, and new sections on bioethics, significant developments in sequencing technology and structural, functional and comparative genomics and proteomics, and the impact of transgenic plants. In addition to chapter summaries, learning objectives, concept maps, glossary and key word lists the book now also features new concluding sections, further reading lists and web-search activities for each chapter to provide a comprehensive suite of learning resources to help students develop a flexible and critical approach to the study of genetic engineering.