Tears of the cheetah : and other tales from the genetic frontier
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Tears of the cheetah : and other tales from the genetic frontier
（A Thomas Dunne book）
St. Martin's Griffin, c2003
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Tears of the cheetah : the genetic secrets of our animal ancestors
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272) and index
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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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