rna

"This in-depth volume takes readers into the microscopic world of DNA and RNA. Difficult topics are explained in manageable language and with the aid of diagrams. Topics include transmission, transcription, recombinant DNA, GMOs and more"--Provided by publisher.

Explores how DNA and RNA work together to design specific hereditary traits in individual humans, animals, and plants on our planet.

"[This book] explores Friedrich Miescher's major scientific discovery in 1944 when he isolated DNA for the first time ... and the ways that his work influenced James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered the double helix in 1957 ... [Also] describes the many ways that these discoveries are relevant to our lives, as well as the numerous ethical implications of the discoveries"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an introduction to deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and ribonucleic acid, or RNA, and explains how they work together to make proteins.