 | DNA Sequencing: Optimizing the Process and Analysis
by Jan Kieleczawa
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Description: This in-depth new volume covers important topics in the field, including: biochemical and technological advances induced by Human Genome Project: proven and newly emerging methods of preparing DNA templates; effects of some widely used lab. reagents on DNA ...more
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 | Principles of Population Genetics
by Daniel L. Hartl, Andrew G. Clark
Publisher: Sinauer Associates
Description: Principles of Population Genetics, Third Edition, provides a balanced presentation of theory and observation for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In response to suggestions from students and instructors, the book has been trimmed more than 100 pages and rewritten with the goal to optimize its use as a...more
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 | Race: The Reality of Human Differences
by Vincent Sarich, Frank Miele
Publisher: Westview Press
Description: Contends that race is a biologically real phenomenon with important consequences, contrary to widespread and politically correct views that race doesn't matter--or doesn't even exist. When the head of the Human Genome Project and a former President of the United States both assure us that we are all, regardless...more
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 | Reflections of Our Past: How Human History is Revealed in Our Genes
by John H. Relethford, John Relethford
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Description: An accessible and absorbing examination of how the genes of living people reveal the history of humankind, from the origins of humans 6 million years ago to the present. Where did modern humans come from and how important are the biological differences among us? Are we descended from Neanderthals? How...more
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 | His Brother's Keeper : A Story from the Edge of Medicine
by Jonathan Weiner
Publisher: Ecco
Description: From Jonathan Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the Finch, comes His Brother's Keeper -- the story of a young entrepreneur who gambles on the risky science of gene therapy to try to save his brother's life. Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he...more
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 | GENETICS OF COMMON DISEASES (UCL Molecular Pathology)
by Day
Publisher: BIOS
Description: Covers genetic diseases, their diagnosis, prediction and available therapies An important comprehensive review of this area Genetics of Common Diseases: Future Therapeutic and Diagnostic Possibilities is a unique collection of articles by leading authorities in disease genetics research. It presents the principle of analysis of genetic diseases and a range...more
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 | A Dictionary of Genetic Damage
by Nils K. Oeijord
Publisher: iUniverse
Description: This dictionary is the first dictionary of genetic damage to be published. A Dictionary of Genetic Damage is provided for spelling reference, categorization reference, and information on the enormity of the genetic catastrophe. Note that A Dictionary of Genetic Damage also exists as an appendix to Genetic Catastrophe! Sneaking Doomsday?...more
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 | Base Excision Repair (Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology, Volume 68) (Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology)
by Amanda K. McCullough, R. Steven Lloyd, Samuel H. Wilson
Publisher: Academic Press
Description: This volume of Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology represents research discussed during the DNA Base Excision Repair Workshop. This compilation of articles focuses on several recent observations highlighting the complexity of the base excision repair (BER) process in DNA repair. Focusing on the various facets of BER...more
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 | Variation in the Human Genome -No. 197 (CIBA Foundation Symposia Series)
by CIBA Foundation Symposium
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Description: The mapping of human genes is proceeding rapidly, and genes associated with specific inherited diseases are being identified, often providing insight into the molecular cause of the disease. At the moment, however, little consideration is being given to the variation present in different human populations. This variation bears a record...more
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 | Made in Whose Image: Genetic Engineering and Christian Ethics
by Thomas A. Shannon
Publisher: Humanity Books
Description: "A straightforward and helpful overview of issues in the new genetics. . . .For those who want a quick introduction to major themes and perennial questions such as the nature of human dignity, whether there is genetic determinism, how 'health' and 'disease' are to be defined, and so on, Shannon's...treatise...more
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