Biotechnology is a field of biology which utilizes the use of biological systems like microorganisms to produce valuable products (amino acids, biofuels, drugs, vaccines, etc).
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A good book for history of biology/biotechnology for lay people
I have many friends who are interested in Biology and want to know more about the subject in general (like a history of biology, from Darwin's theory, to DNA structure discovery, to the human genome ...
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Can forensic DNA analysis be used to generate a visual approximation of a suspect?
In light of the current US supreme court case, I'm curious if enough information can be teased out of a DNA sample to get a "reasonable" approximation of the suspect (never mind the legality). I ...
