Genetics category: 1528 books
by Molly Fitzgerald-Hayes, Frieda Reichsman
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Appropriate for a wide range of disciplines, from biology to non-biology, law and nursing majors, DNA and Biotechnology uses a straightforward and comprehensive writing style that gives the educated layperson a survey of DNA by presenting a brief history of genetics, a clear outline of techniques...
GMO Sapiens
The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
This book won the INDIEFAB 2015 Bronze Award for Science (Adult nonfiction).
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including plants and the foods made from them, are a hot topic of debate today, but soon related technology could go much further and literally change what it means to be human....
Arrival of the Fittest
Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
“Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature’s many innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life’s ability to innovate.”
Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved...
by Jonathan Slack
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development. Explaining the nature of genetic variation in the human population, how hereditary factors were identified as molecules of DNA, and how certain specific...
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
"A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Bruni, New York Times), Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and how we are united by our common humanity.
For...
Race Unmasked
Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race...
The Genome Factor
What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political scientists, and sociologists have harnessed the genomics revolution to paint a more complete picture of human social...
by Joosr
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
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Analysis of Complex Disease Association Studies
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
According to the National Institute of Health, a genome-wide association study is defined as any study of genetic variation across the entire human genome that is designed to identify genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood pressure or weight), or the presence or absence of a disease...
Genetic Governance
Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2005
Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves,...
Genomics and Bioethics
Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Technologies and Advancements
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Today's world is one in which science and technology play an essential role in almost every aspect of life. Almost all of the changes that are taking place are due to advances in science and technology, as can be seen in the emergence of the Internet, which has enabled information to explode exponentially...
From Genes to Genomes
Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
The latest edition of this highly successful textbook introduces the key techniques and concepts involved in cloning genes and in studying their expression and variation.
The new edition features:
Increased coverage of whole-genome sequencing technologies and enhanced treatment of bioinformatics.
Clear,...
by Jeff Wheelwright
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
A brilliant and emotionally resonant exploration of science and family history.
A vibrant young Hispano woman, Shonnie Medina, inherits a breast-cancer mutation known as BRCA1.185delAG. It is a genetic variant characteristic of Jews. The Medinas knew they were descended from Native Americans...
Mechanisms of Life History Evolution
The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction, and survival and by investigating the trade-offs that constrain the evolution of these traits. Although life history...