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| 391 - 400 of 1000 Most Recent Genomics Books, Journals and Periodicals |
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 | The Genetics and Biology of Sex Determination -No. 244 (CIBA Foundation Symposia Series)
by Novartis Foundation
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: Monday, May 13, 2002
Description: Nature employs a wide variety of sex determining mechanisms and it is only comparatively recently that the tools have become available for these to be explored at the cellular and molecular levels. A major landmark was the discovery in 1990 of the SRY gene and the subsequent demonstration of its...more
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 | Imaginal Discs: The Genetic and Cellular Logic of Pattern Formation (Developmental and Cell Biology Series)
by Lewis I. Held Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: Monday, May 13, 2002
Description: This book examines the genetic circuitry of the well-known "fruit fly," tackling questions of cell assemblage and pattern formation, of the hows and the whys behind the development of the fly. After an initial examination of the proximity versus pedigree imperatives, the volume delves into bristle pattern formation and disc...more
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 | The Year of the Genome: A Diary of the Biological Revolution
by Gerald Weissmann
Publisher: Times Books
Publication Date: Wednesday, May 08, 2002
Description: For twelve months beginning in January 2000, celebrated essayist and research physician Gerald Weissmann carefully documented the modern age of enlightenment, charting its scientific marvels and new plagues. Now, this illuminating diary takes us on a literary exploration of laboratories and beyond to see the impact on human life and... more |
 | Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food
by KATHLEEN HART
Publisher: Pantheon
Publication Date: Tuesday, May 07, 2002
Description: Genetically modified food is in the news and on our plates. And while consumers may not have known they were being used as lab rats, America's uncontrolled experiment with such "inventions" as StarLink corn, with its built-in insecticide, is already well under way. In Eating in the Dark, environmental journalist...more
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 | DNA Chromatography
by Douglas T. Gjerde, Christopher P. Hanna, David Hornby
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Publication Date: Monday, May 06, 2002
Description: This book describes a powerful and effective tool for the molecular biologist researcher. Readers will discover how DNA chromatography can be used in their own work. Intended as an introduction for the molecular biologist reader, this will also serve as a practical guide for the experienced user. The...more
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 | Genescapes: The Ecology of Genetic Engineering
by Stephen Nottingham
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication Date: Friday, May 03, 2002
Description: This book introduces the lay reader to the ecological risks associated with transgenic organisms. Genetic engineering could make a valuable contribution within agriculture, although the initial promise of more abundant food, produced in an environmentally friendly manner, is not being fulfilled. Instead the technology is being promoted at the expense... more |
 | Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution
by Rick Durrett, Richard Durrett
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Description: Our basic question is: Given a collection of DNA sequences, what underlying forces are responsible for the observed patterns of variability? To approach this question we introduce and analyze a number of probability models: the Wright-Fisher model, the coalescent, the infinite alleles model, and the infinite sites model. We study...more
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 | The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
by David P. Barash, Judith Eve Lipton
Publisher: Owl Books
Publication Date: Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Description: Shattering deeply held beliefs about sexual relationships in humans and other animals, The Myth of Monogamy is a much needed treatment of a sensitive issue. Written by the husband and wife team of behavioral scientist David P. Barash and psychiatrist Judith Eve Lipton, it glows with wit and warmth even...more
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 | Genetic Politics: From Eugenics to Genome
by Anne Kerr
Publisher: New Clarion Press
Publication Date: Tuesday, April 02, 2002
Description: Debating the rise of genetics in today's medical world, this study examines the values and practices that continue to shape the field of genetics. It argues that genetics as a whole is neither immune to nor ruined by the practice of eugenics, the scientific improvement of hereditary qualities. In contrast,...more
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 | What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes
by Jonathan Marks
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: Monday, April 01, 2002
Description: The overwhelming similarity of human and ape genes is one of the best-known facts of modern genetic sciencenm. But what does this similarity mean? Does it, as many have suggested, have profound implications for understanding human nature? Well-known molecular anthropologist Jonathan Marks uses the human-versus-ape controversy as a jumping-off point...more
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Last Updated: 29 November 2007.
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