Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology: Volume 51, Molecular biology of Homo sapiens

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6207218

Thirteen years marked the time between the discovery of the double helix in 1953 and the elucidation of the genetic code in 1966. A similar interval has now passed since the development by Cohen and Boyer of a simple procedure for the cloning of selective DNA fragments. The scientific advances made possible by the subsequent modification and elaboration of these original cloning procedures now amaze, stimulate, and increasingly often overwhelm us. Facts that until recently were virtually unobtainable now flow forth almost effortlessly. Most excitingly, the frenetic pace of these new discoveries, instead of marking the impending end of a glorious moment of learning, give every indication of opening up scientific frontiers that will take hundreds if not thousands of years to explore thoroughly. This new era of enlightenment is nowhere more apparent than in our newfound ability to study ourselves at the molecular level. This volume is the first of two collections of papers submitted by the contributors to the Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology for 1986 - molecular biology of Homo sapiens. Contained in this collection are 80 papers grouped into sessions entitled Human Gene Map, Genetic Diagnosis, Human Evolution, and Drugs Made Off Human Genes.

• Research Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Lab., NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6207218
• Report Number(s): CONF-8605274-Pt.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ABSTRACTS
ANIMALS
ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS
COAGULANTS
DISEASES
DNA SEQUENCING
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRUGS
GENETIC MAPPING
GROWTH FACTORS
HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS
HEREDITARY DISEASES
LEADING ABSTRACT
MAMMALS
MAN
MAPPING
MEETINGS
MITOGENS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PRIMATES
PROTEINS
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
VERTEBRATES