DNA Fingerprinting: The Ultimate Identity (Single Title: Science)

By Ron Fridell

Discusses the discovery of DNA fingerprinting, the processes involved, its initial use, and its past and present role in forensic identification, conservation biology, and human genetics. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531118584
• ISBN13: 9780531118580
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Good Book

Not a bad read, really elementary language but overall fairly informative of the topic of DNA Fingerprinting. Great book for the average non-science person to read and understand DNA Fingerprinting. There is very little technical language or difficult concepts. Good consumer reading. Read it in less than a day for an extra credit assignment at university. Ha! Enjoy.

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In 1994 trial lawyers in the O. J. Simpson trial began educating us about the complex molecule DNA found in the cells of our body. Now Ron Fridell continues our education as he unravels this complex biological science and reveals the drama of DNA's discovery and early use. Today DNA evidence convicts and exonerates criminals, traces our ancestors' origins in the Human Genome Diversity Project, and helps protect wildlife and feed a hungry world. Yet, the future promise of DNA research may be the most important of all as the Human Genome Project unlocks the intimate secrets of who we are. In this book, DNA Fingerprinting: The Ultimate Identity, Ron Fridell clearly explains what science believes: Knowing the genome in the human body may lead us to longer, healthier lives and to our ultimate identity.