Publisher's Synopsis
The revolutionary concepts arising from the recent progress in biological science to genetic engineering have produced the technical means to manipulate directly those components of living things which determine form and function: the component concerned is the gene. This book reviews genetic engineering and its importance to mankind, in a concise and lucid explanation of this newly founded science.;It shows how cell structure and function is a vital starting point for knowledge of genetic engineering and gene technology, presenting the material from its basic foundations for all engineers whose early background training did not incorporate the subject in such detail. It explains the terminology with care, before proceeding to inspect the central dogmatic issues of genes, explaining the genetic (or triplet) code, all most clearly illustrated.;The book will serve as an introduction for students in all areas of biological sciences, as well as a refresher course for biochemists and those entering the field of genetic engineering or molecular genetics.
