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- catalog abstract "The story of a biologist's search for the foundations of behavior. Looking over the shoulder of some of the premier scientists in the field, biologist Weiner takes us into their laboratories to show us how pieces of DNA actually shape behavior. He focuses on the work of Seymour Benzer, who, decades ago, with James Watson and Francis Crick, helped to crack the genetic code. Then, in a simple experiment using a few test tubes, a light bulb, and 100 fruit flies, Benzer invented the genetic dissection of behavior. Now we see how he and his students find and study genes that build our inner clocks, genes that shape the way we love, and genes that decide what we can (or cannot) remember. These breakthroughs help explain secrets of human behavior and may lead to advance treatments for behavioral disorders ranging from rage to autism to schizophrenia.--From publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b11220555.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-283) and index.".
- catalog description "The story of a biologist's search for the foundations of behavior. Looking over the shoulder of some of the premier scientists in the field, biologist Weiner takes us into their laboratories to show us how pieces of DNA actually shape behavior. He focuses on the work of Seymour Benzer, who, decades ago, with James Watson and Francis Crick, helped to crack the genetic code. Then, in a simple experiment using a few test tubes, a light bulb, and 100 fruit flies, Benzer invented the genetic dissection of behavior. Now we see how he and his students find and study genes that build our inner clocks, genes that shape the way we love, and genes that decide what we can (or cannot) remember. These breakthroughs help explain secrets of human behavior and may lead to advance treatments for behavioral disorders ranging from rage to autism to schizophrenia.--From publisher description.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Occam's Castle. 1. From So Simple a Beginning. 2. The White-Eyed Fly. 3. What Is Life? 4. The Finger of the Angel. 5. A New Study, and a Dark Corner -- pt. 2. Konopka's Law. 6. First Light. 7. First Choice. 8. First Time. 9. First Love. 10. First Memory -- pt. 3. Pickett's Charge. 11. The Drosophila Arms. 12. Cloning an Instinct. 13. Reading an Instinct. 14. Singed Wings. 15. The Lord's Masterpiece. 16. Pavlov's Hat. 17. Rough Mountain. 18. The Knot of Our Condition. 19. Pickett's Charge.".
- catalog extent "300 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Time, love, memory.".
- catalog identifier "0679444351".
- catalog isFormatOf "Time, love, memory.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf,".
- catalog relation "Time, love, memory.".
- catalog subject "2000 E-831".
- catalog subject "591.5 21".
- catalog subject "Behavior genetics.".
- catalog subject "Benzer, Seymour.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral.".
- catalog subject "QH 457 W423t 2000".
- catalog subject "QH457 .W43 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Occam's Castle. 1. From So Simple a Beginning. 2. The White-Eyed Fly. 3. What Is Life? 4. The Finger of the Angel. 5. A New Study, and a Dark Corner -- pt. 2. Konopka's Law. 6. First Light. 7. First Choice. 8. First Time. 9. First Love. 10. First Memory -- pt. 3. Pickett's Charge. 11. The Drosophila Arms. 12. Cloning an Instinct. 13. Reading an Instinct. 14. Singed Wings. 15. The Lord's Masterpiece. 16. Pavlov's Hat. 17. Rough Mountain. 18. The Knot of Our Condition. 19. Pickett's Charge.".
- catalog title "Time, love, memory : a great biologist and his quest for the origins of behavior / Jonathan Weiner.".
- catalog type "text".