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| 681 - 690 of 1000 Most Recent Genomics Books, Journals and Periodicals |
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 | Maternal Personality, Evolution and the Sex Ratio
by Valerie Grant
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: Friday, February 20, 1998
Description: This controversial book discusses the theory of maternal dominance and how the sex of an infant may be determined by whom the mother is more suited to raise. Valerie Grant examines evidence that women who score highly on personality questionnaires designed to measure dominance are more likely than less dominant...more
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 | Asymmetry, Developmental Stability, and Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
by Anders Pape Moller, John P. Swaddle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998
Description: Why does nature love symmetry? In this up-to-date review of symmetry and its evolutionary implications, Anders Moller and John Swaddle argue that symmetry is related to genetic stability and fitness and that symmetric individuals appear to have quantifiable and significant advantages over
their asymmetric counterparts. In contrast, asymmetry, a common measure...more
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 | The Major Transitions in Evolution
by John Maynard Smith, Eors Szathmary
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998
Description: Over the history of life there have been several major changes in the way genetic information is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include the origin of life itself, the first eukaryotic cells, reproduction by sexual means, the appearance of
multicellular plants and animals, the...more
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 | Non-Mendelian Genetics in Humans (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics, No 35)
by Harry Ostrer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998
Description: When rediscovered at the turn of the century, Mendel's laws were found to be applicable to humans, but from the beginning they were fraught with problems. Sex-linked traits and linked genes defied Mendel's rules. Later, other exceptions were found, including sporadic cases, non-penetrance,
variable expressivity, and preferential parental transmission.
In this book,...more
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 | The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (Foundations of Natural History)
by Charles Darwin
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998
Description: The publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859 ignited a public storm he neither wanted nor enjoyed. Having offered his book as a contribution to science, Darwin discovered to his dismay that it was received as an affront by many scientists and as a sacrilege by...more
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 | Handbook of Immune Response Genes
by Tak W. Mak, John J. L. Simard
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998
Description: In a vast and rapidly growing body of information, the researcher, clinician and student need resources which bring into focus the latest developments in our understanding of the vertebrate immune system. A concise and up-to-date reference, Handbook of Immune Response Genes does just that. Starting with a...more
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 | Theory of Population Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology: An Introduction
by Joan Roughgarden
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: Monday, January 26, 1998
Description: This is a reprint of a classic which synthesizes population, genetics, and population genetics to form one of the first books on evolutionary ecology. Written by one of the foremost authorities in the field, it is designed as an ...more
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 | GUIDE TO HUMAN GENOME COMPUTING 2E
by Bishop
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998
Description: The Guide to Human Genome Computing is invaluable to scientists who wish to make use of the powerful computing tools now available to assist them in the field of human genome analysis. This book clearly explains access and use of sequence databases, and presents the various computer packages used to...more
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 | Genetics: Principles and Analysis
by Daniel L. Hartl, Elizabeth W. Jones
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Publication Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998
Description: In recent decades, few disciplines have experienced the explosion of knowledge and research that genetics has. Inspired in part by controversies and the publicity that this new information generates, many of today's students come to a course in genetics with great enthusiasm. Sustaining this enthusiasm while...more
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 | Narrow Roads of Gene Land: The Collected Papers of W. D. Hamilton Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour (Narrow Roads of Gene Land Vol. 1)
by W. D. Hamilton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998
Description: Why is `blood thicker than water'? Are we innately violent or pacific? Why are plants and animals sexual? Why do we grow old and die? Such questions have motivated the life-work of W.D. Hamilton, widely acknowledged as the most important theoretical biologist of the 20th century. His papers
continue to exert...more
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