Tears of the cheetah: the genetic secrets of our animal ancestors
O'Brien, S.J. (2003). Tears of the cheetah: the genetic secrets of our animal ancestors. Thomas Dunne Books: New York. ISBN 0-312-33900-3. 287 pp.
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VLIZ: Biology and ecology (General) [100850]
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Tears of the cheetah is a collection of genetic detective stories that uncover the secret histories of exotic species such as the giant panda, the humpback whale, and the imperilled cheetah - the world's fastest animal that cannot escape its own genetic weaknesses. With each animal tale, the author draws a human parallel - how feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) has uncovered clues in a cure for HIV, how mapping the genome of the domestic cat solved a murder, how a mutation in brown mice might stave off leukaemia, and other important animal research that has paved the way towards the future of gene therapy. |
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