Genetics (Non-medical)

Approximately eight percent of our DNA contains retroviral sequences that are millions of years old. Through engaging stories of scientific discove...

A groundbreaking examination of the implications of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservation  It is impressive how the book manages to be so...

HUMAN HEREDITY: PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES, 10E, International Edition presents the concepts of human genetics in clear, concise language and provides r...

A wonderful book. Thoughtfulfascinating Malcolm GladwellDo you believe some people are born athletes?Is sporting talent innate or something that ca...

Select Agents are defined in regulations through a list of names of particularly dangerous known bacteria, viruses, toxins, and fungi. However, nat...

Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg t...

Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolutio...

By focusing on chromosomes, Heredity under the Microscope offers a new history of postwar human genetics. Today chromosomes are understood as macro...

Population Genomics in the Developing World: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges, a new volume in the Translational and Applied Genomics series,...

What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prev...

Glycans play essential roles in diverse biological and etiological processes and their structural complexity endow various functions. The glycome i...

Accounts are appearing on some facet of genetics in nearly every issue of scientific magazines and often in the daily newspapers. This book sets ou...

When famine struck Africa in 2002, several nations refused shipments of genetically modified foods, fueling a controversy that put the issue on the...

This volume details protocols on meiosis, covering the latest technological and methodological advances in this research field. Chapters guide read...

This book provides deep insights into the ecology of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis in natural foci, its diversity, genetic variability and t...

Over the last half century, a quiet revolution has taken place. In a series of breathtaking discoveries, biochemist Thomas Cech and a diverse cast ...