 | The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Series on Genomics, Bioe)
by Suzanne Anker, Dorothy Nelkin
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Description: The gene has become a cultural icon and an increasingly rich source of imagery and ideas for visual artists. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary painting and sculpture, The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age explores the moral and bioethical questions these works address. What does it mean...more
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 | The Science of Jurassic Park: And the Lost World Or, How to Build a Dinosaur
by Rob Desalle, David Lindley
Publisher: Basic Books
Description: The premise of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and the Steven Spielberg movie that it spawned (along with its sequel, The Lost World) is simple enough. Scientists extract dinosaur DNA remnants lingering in the stomachs of insects entombed in amber for millions of years, reconstitute them...more
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 | Neural Tube Defects - No. 181 (CIBA Foundation Symposia Series)
by CIBA Foundation Symposium
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Description: Neural Tube Defects Chairwoman: Professor Judith Hall 1994 Neural tube defects are major human congenital malformations. They are the second most common cause of perinatal death owing to birth defect in the UK and lead to considerable childhood morbidity. This book contains descriptions of normal neurulation in birds, amphibians and...more
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 | Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
by Larry Snyder, Wendy Champness
Publisher: ASM Press
Description: Molecular Genetics of Bacteria fulfills the need for a comprehensive, primary textbook on bacterial and microbial genetics. Ideally suited for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses, this book presents an interesting, modern perspective of the subject and offers descriptive background information, detailed experimental methods and data interpretation, examples of...more
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 | Clones: The Clowns of Technology
by Gareth Jones
Publisher: Paternoster Publishing
Description: Looking at the future of biomedical technology and the cloning issue, this book furthers sensible and informative debate around this sensitive subject, explaining the issues and exploring the implications, the author presents the case for our individual ...more
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 | Introduction to Conservation Genetics
by Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, David A. Briscoe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Description: This textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the importance of genetic studies in conservation. The text is presented in an easy-to-follow format with main points and terms clearly highlighted. Each chapter concludes with a concise summary, which together with worked examples, problems and answers, emphasize the key principles...more
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 | Microbial Genetics (Jones and Bartlett Series in Biology)
by Stanley R. Maloy, John E. Cronan, David Freifelder
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Description: The revision of this classic textbook by David Freifelder has been rewritten and updated to include the numerous and recent advances in microbial genetics. The basic format, organization and style of the first edition has been ...more
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 | Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits
by Michael Lynch, Bruce Walsh
Publisher: Sinauer Associates
Description: Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits brings together the diverse array of theoretical and empirical applications of quantitative genetics under one cover, in a way that is both comprehensive and accessible to anyone with a rudimentary understanding of statistics and genetics. What was originally envisioned as a single text has...more
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 | Genetic Data Analysis 2: Methods for Discrete Population Genetic Data
by Bruce S. Weir
Publisher: Sinauer Associates
Description: Genetic Data Analysis, first published in 1990, became the standard reference for ways to interpret discrete population genetic data. Genetic Data Analysis II retains the strengths of the original book and, based upon the suggestions of users, includes many new features, notably the revision of Chapter 10 (Phylogeny Reconstruction) to...more
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 | The Ribosome (Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Vol. 66) (Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology)
by Bruce Stillman, Spring Harbor Cold
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Description: ...contains newly published findings on the structure of the ribosome and discusses their meaning for our understanding of how proteins are made and processed inside the cell ...more
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