In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite

The human genome project was possible due to the 30-year struggle to decode the complete DNA of a nematode worm. This title tells of the remarkable characters whose struggle changed our approach to modern science, including: Sydney Bremmer, John Sulston, Bob Orvitz and Fred Sanger.

• Author
• Andrew Brown

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 244

• Publisher
• Simon & Schuster

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780743415989

• Genres
• science, genetics, biology

• Release date
• 2004