Genetics & Genomics

All living things are remarkably complex, yet their DNA is unstable, undergoing countless random mutations over generations. Despite this instability, most animals do not grow two heads or die, plants continue to thrive, and bacteria continue to divide...

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The field of whole genome selection has quickly developed into the breeding methodology of the future. As efforts to map a wide variety of animal genomes have matured and full animal genomes are now available for many animal scientists and breeders are...

Increasingly, genomics is having an impact on mainstream healthcare. All health professionals will now be required to understand basic genetic concepts, but the depth of knowledge required will vary according to the role of the practitioner, and the...

Apoptosis is an essential process in embryonic development and tissue homeostasis, particularly in the prevention of disease. Written from a genetic viewpoint, Genetics of Apoptosis first describes the molecular and cell biology of apoptosis, then...

Dr. Jacqueline N. Crawley, author of the First and Second Editions of What's Wrong with My Mouse? Behavioral Phenotyping of Transgenic and Knockout Mice,continues to field calls and e-mails from molecular geneticists who ask: how do I run behavioral...

This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Drawing on...

A geneticist tells the stories of men, women, and children whose genes have shaped their lives in unexpected ways. It was while listening to a colleague tell the parents of a newborn girl that their daughter was going to die that a lifelong interest in...

Living systems are dynamic and extremely complex and their behaviour is often hard to predict by studying their individual parts. Systems biology promises to reveal and analyse these highly connected, regulated and adaptable systems, using mathematical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525658207Author James TaberyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

The increased and widespread availability of large network data resources in recent years has resulted in a growing need for effective methods for their analysis. The challenge is to detect patterns that provide a better understanding of the data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501191978Author David A SinclairFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 160mm * 41mm

Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero is made to provide you with a first glimpse of the inner-workings of a cell. It further focuses on skill-building for genetic engineering and the Biology-as-a-Technology mindset (BAAT). This book is designed and written...

Presents evidence that links all traits to complex interactions between genes and the environment, considering such topics as sex, parenting, education, crime, stem-cell research, and DNA fingerprinting and how they are impacted by the "nature versus...

A better "casting" could not be conceived. The authors of this book are gold smiths on the subject. I have followed their work since their "entry" into cyto genetics and I have a high esteem for them. I consider it an honour to be asked to write the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938875151Author Bryan SykesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Disinformation CompanyPublisher Disinformation Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385720311Author Dean H. HamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence. These changes, consisting principally of DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs, maintain or modulate the initial impact...

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction to the concepts of population genetics. Combining traditional conceptual approaches with classical hypotheses and debates, the book equips students to...

What are genes? What do genes do? These seemingly simple questions are in fact challenging to answer accurately. As a result, there are widespread misunderstandings and over-simplistic answers, which lead to common conceptions widely portrayed in the...

The Britannica Guide to Genetics is the ideal companion for students or general popular science readers who wish to know the facts behind the latest research and discoveries.After the Introduction from bestselling science writer and geneticist Steve...

In a book that promises to change the way we think and talk about genes and genetic determinism, Evelyn Fox Keller, one of our most gifted historians and philosophers of science, provides a powerful, profound analysis of the achievements of genetics and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879697167Author Mark PtashneFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U...

This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire path of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062345998Author Alanna CollenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047579Author Daniel M. WeinreichFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

One of our most brilliant evolutionary biologists, Richard Lewontin has also been a leading critic of those-scientists and non-scientists alike-who would misuse the science to which he has contributed so much. In The Triple Helix, Lewontin the scientist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936599004Author Professor Jonathan WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams)...

The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four steps to maximise their learning, with features to support this process. ...

Recent technological advances have enabled comprehensive determination of the molecular composition of living cells. The chemical interactions between many of these molecules are known, giving rise to genome-scale reconstructed biochemical reaction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142000533Author Paul R. EhrlichFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 589gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Biology has entered the age of Big Data. A technical revolution has transformed the field, and extracting meaningful information from large biological data sets is now a central methodological challenge. Algebraic topology is a well-established branch of...

The study of evolution at the molecular level has given the subject of evolutionary biology a new significance. Phylogenetic 'trees' of gene sequences are a powerful tool for recovering evolutionary relationships among species, and can be used to answer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879697129Author David W. MountFormat PaperbackPage Count 665Imprint Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...

In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life. Now, one of the giants of biological science, Christian de Duve, discusses what we've learned in this half century, ranging from the tiniest cells to the future of...

This detailed volume provides an overview of recent advances in the application of genomic technologies in several domains of marine biology, raising awareness of various DNA- and RNA-based technologies. Genomic methods are essential in identifying...

Do you have a biological question that could be readily answered by computational techniques, but little experience in programming? Do you want to learn more about the core techniques used in computational biology and bioinformatics? Written in an...

While the creation of Dolly the sheep, the world's most famous clone, triggered an enormous amount of discussion about human cloning, in Dolly Mixtures the anthropologist Sarah Franklin looks beyond that much-rehearsed controversy to some of the other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142004821Author Armand Marie LeroiFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416569619Author Kevin DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 30mm