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porphyria
Porton Down
potato virus
prayer, efficacy of
preformationism
prehistory
preimplantation diagnosis
premutation
prenatal diagnosis
prenatal screening
President's Scientific Advisory Committee (PSAC)
PRISM sequencing machines
privacy, genetic
Prochlorococcus
prokaryotes
protein kinase enzymes
protein(s)
3–D structure of
amino acid sequence
in biotechnology
chain(s)
coding for
common ancestor
complex configuration
and DNA
and enzymes
evolution of
function of
genes and
genetically engineered
improving on natural
inhibitors of blood vessel formation
marketable
producing with recombinant technologies
regulatory
replacing missing
sequencing
synthesis
targeting
as transforming agent
twenty-letter alphabet of xx
see also housekeeping proteins
proteome
proteomics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ptashne, Mark
puffer fish genome (fugu)
Pygmy body form
pyrethrin
quantitative analysis
race
racism
eugenics and
scientific
rape
Rathmann, George
recessive
recombinant DNA
and note
commercial applications
danger of
genetic engineering with
regulating research on
recombinant DNA revolution
recombinant technology
opposition to
producing proteins
recombination (genetic)
absent in mtDNA
absent in Y chromosome
reductionism
Regeneron (co.)
regulation, government
gene therapy
GM foods
Reimers, Niels
religion
ReoPro
repeats
in fragile X
in neurological disorders
in paternity testing
see also short tandem repeats (STRs) 482
repressor (molecule)
reproductive biology
rescue experiments
research
in biotechnology
deferring/delay in
effect of patents on
failure to replicate
government control of
guidelines for
restrictions on
resistance
antibiotic
in pest species
resources, competition for
restriction enzymes
restriction fragment length
polymorphisms (RFLPs)
in cycstic fibrosis research
G8
linkage
markers
see also linkage mapping
retrovirous
reverse transcriptase
ribosomes
Rich, Alexander
Rifkin, Jeremy
Risch, Neil
RNA polymerase
RNA (ribonucleic acid)
begets protein
centrality in cellular processes
chains
converted to DNA
evolutionary heirloom
forms of
predating DNA
role of
structure of
synthesizing permutations of
X-ray diffraction of
RNA Tie Club
Roberts, Richard
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Institute
rodents, love in
Rogers, Michael
Rogers, Steve
role in cell
Romanov, Anastasia
Romanovs
Roosevelt, Theodore
Roses, Allen
"Roundup Ready" tecnology
Rutherford, Ernest
Sahai, Suman
San (people)
Sanford, John
Sanger Centre
Sanger, Fred
Nobel Prize
Sanger, Margaret
Sanger method of DNA sequencing
Sarbah, Andrew
Sarbah, Christiana
Sarich, Vince
Scheck, Barry
Schell, Jeff
schizophrenia
Schmitz, Ralf
Schrdinger, Erwin
science
big money
and commerce
and ideology
moral obligation of
politics and
Soviet
Science (journal)
screenings
secondary products
secularism
Seielstad, Mark
selfishness
Sequana (co.)
sequencing
ancient DNA
automated
cDNAs
genomes
high throughput
human genome
mechanization of
methods/technologies
model organisms
serotinin
severe combined immunodeficiency disorder (SCID)
sex
sex chromosomes
sex-linkage
in violence
sex-linked disorders
Shapiro, Robert
Sharp, Harry
Sharp, Phil
Shelley, Mary
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
short tandem repeats (STRs)
SIBIA (co.)
sickle-cell disease/anemia
side effects
Silent Spring (Carson)
simple trait
Simpson, Nicole Brown
Simpson, O.J.
Sinsheimer, Robert
skin cancer
skin color
Skolnick, Mark
Smith, Hamilton
Smith, Lloyd
SmithKline Beecham (co.)
Sociobology (Wilson)
Soviet Union
sperm
sperm cells
spider silk
Spooner, William Archibald
Stahl, Frank
Stalin, Joseph
standard set of
biotechnology
chemical defenses in
crossing
disease prevention
genetic engineering
genetics of
nutrient profile of
pedigrees
plants
technology
Stanford University
genome mapping center
Starlink
statistical analysis
Stefansson, Kari
Steinberg, Wallace
stem cells
sterilization
stetopygia
Stevenson, Debbie
Stoneking, Mark
Stopes, Marie
sugar phosphate backbones
Sugen (co.)
Sulston, John
Supreme Court
surnames
Sutton, Walter
Sutton-Boveri chromosome theory of inheritance
SV40 virus
Swanson, Bob
Sykes, Bryan
Synergen (co.)
Szilard, Leo
T cells
Tatum, Ed
Tay–Sachs (TS)
technology
Teller, Edward
Temin, Howard
&nb
sp; terminator gene
thalassemias
thymine (T)
tissue plasminogen activator (t–PA)
tobacco mosaic virus
Tobias, Philip
Todd, Alexander
tomato growing
Toronto Genetics of Asthma Program
toxins
traits
acquired, passed on
analysis of
genetics of
inherited
polygenic/complex
see also polygenic/complex trait; simple trait
transcription
transcription factors
encoding genes
transcriptome
transcriptomics
transfer RNA
transformation
translation
treatment of genetic disorders
tree of life
trinycleotide repeat disorders
trisomy
Tristan da Cunha
Tsien, Joe
Tsui, Lap-Chee
tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
tumor viruses
tumors
twin stydies
twins, identical
ultraviolet (UV) radiation
Underhill, Peter
United Kingdom see Britain
University of California
San Francisco (UCSF)
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
University of Nottingham
University of Utah
University of Wisconsin
uracil (U)
U.S. Army
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
vaccine protein
valine
van Montagu, Marc
Vand, Vladimir
vasopressin
Vellucci, Alfred
Venter, Craig