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Tables of Contents for Cracking the Genome
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition
xiii
Introduction
1
10
Knights of the Double Helix
11
22
The Quest for Biology's Holy Grail
Reading the Book of Life
33
19
A Quick Voyage around the Human Genome
The Eye of the TIGR
52
17
J. Craig Venter---Maverick Sequencer
Loading the Bases
69
25
Francis Collins and the DNA Detectives
The Circle of Life
94
25
Decoding the First Free-Living Creatures
Treasures of the Lost Worlds
119
22
The Keys to Human Disease from Tristan da Cunha to Iceland
Prize Fight
141
28
The Creation of Celera Genomics
The Story of Us
169
23
The Secrets of Who We Are
The Croesus Code
192
24
Passion, Personality, and Profit
The Eighth Day
216
20
Braving the New World of Designer Genes
The Language of God
236
17
A Defining Moment in the History of the Human Race
Genomania!
253
14
Notes
267
46
Acknowledgments
313
2
Index
315