Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA.KEVIN DAVIES This article is about the football player. For the director, see Kevin Davies (director). Kevin Davies (born March 26, 1977 in Sheffield, England) is an English football player who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers as a striker. As founding editor of the journal Nature Genetics, Davies has tracked one of the most important scientific stories ever to unfold, the mapping of the human genome The human genome is the genome of Homo sapiens, which is composed of 24 distinct pairs of chromosomes (22 autosomal + X + Y) with a total of approximately 3 billion DNA base pairs containing an estimated 20,000–25,000 genes. . Firsthand accounts of work in the government program run by Francis Collins This article is about the geneticist. For the Pennsylvania Congressman, see Francis Dolan Collins. Francis S. Collins (born April 14, 1950), M.D., Ph.D. and in the private company Celera Genomics that was headed by Craig Venter  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. provide historical as well as financial perspectives on the projects and the conflict between the public and private ventures. Commentary from leading scientists in the field helps readers understand how deciphering our genetic code will revolutionize medicine while posing ethical dilemmas. Originally published in hardcover in 2001. Johns Hopkins, 2002, 327 p., paperback, $17.95. |
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