Genetics Revolution

Rose M. Morgan, PhD, is professor emerita of biology at Minot State University. She has published over 50 articles in refereed national and international scientific journals, as well as several other books. She is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and Who's Who in America. Currently, she is an independent scholar.

• Preface On the Brink of Altering Life Recombining DNA Molecules Splicing Life: Technological Revolution or Pandora's Box? The Book of Life: The Human Genome Project Beauty and the Beast Laboratory Babies: New Biology, New Morality The Warnock Report Fighting to Save a Gene Pool The Human Genome Diversity Project The HGDP Debate Threading an Ethical Needle Stem Cell Research A Major Decision To Clone or Not to Clone: That is the Question Reproductive Cloning Cloning a Human End Notes Bibliography

"Over the past 35 years, the field of genetics has been inundated with new discoveries, capturing worldwide attention. In The Genetics Revolution, Morgan addresses the intriguing research on recombinant DNA technology, in vitro fertilization, the human genome diversity project, stem cell research, and cloning. The book is divided into five sections: On the Brink of Altering Life, Beauty and the Beast, Fighting to Save a Gene Pool, Threading an Ethical Needle, and To Clone or Not to Clone: That Is the Question. The author describes hallmark genetic discoveries to frame each research topic in a historical perspective without belaboring the genetic experimental protocols. In addition, the book presents the merits of all the research areas and their potential benefit to society. Finally, it considers ethical, moral, legal, and political issues. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." - Choice