Genetics category: 1528 books
Computational Psychiatry
A Systems Biology Approach to the Epigenetics of Mental Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
This book explores mental disorders from a uniquely evolutionary perspective. Although there have been many attempts to mathematically model neural processes and, to some extent, their dysfunction, there is very little literature that models mental function within a sociocultural, socioeconomic, and...
Evolving Ourselves
Redesigning the Future of Humanity--One Gene at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
“We are the primary drivers of change. We will directly and indirectly determine what lives, what dies, where, and when. We are in a different phase of evolution; the future of life is now in our hands.”
Why are rates of conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at...
Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
Prospects for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing...
by P. Sudhakar, P. Latha, PV Reddy
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Phenotyping Crop Plants for Physiological and Biochemical Traits presents a proven range of methodologies and practices for effective, efficient, and appropriate typing of crop plants. By addressing the basic principles and precautions needed when conducting crop-based experiments, this book guides...
Evolution's Eye
A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2000
In recent decades, Susan Oyama and her colleagues in the burgeoning field of developmental systems theory have rejected the determinism inherent in the nature/nurture debate, arguing that behavior cannot be reduced to distinct biological or environmental causes. In Evolution’s Eye Oyama elaborates...
by Meiliang Zhou, Ivan Kreft, Sun-Hee Woo
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Molecular Breeding and Nutritional Aspects of Buckwheat describes the general characterization and genetic diversity of buckwheat (family Polygonaceae, genus Fagopyrum) around the globe (especially in Russia, China, India, and Eastern Europe), the arid and cool regions where it is most frequently...
Gene Wars
The Politics of Biotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Despite technological advances, an alarming number of people in the world go hungry. Even more chilling is the fact that in the future that number will likely increase. In this book, Kristin Dawkins discusses the international policies that are shaping this future, including those that govern the...
DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes
DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
“[An] important book.… Heine’s vibrant writing makes it come alive with personal significance for every reader.”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset
Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that, in trying...
by A. D. Thibeault
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
A full executive summary of Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life by J. Craig Venter. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary,...
by Yu-Chen Hu
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
"Gene Therapy for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering" outlines the tissue engineering and possible applications of gene therapy in the field of biomedical engineering as well as basic principles of gene therapy, vectors and gene delivery, specifically for cartilage and bone engineering....
Introducing Proteomics
From Concepts to Sample Separation, Mass Spectrometry and Data Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Introducing Proteomics gives a concise and coherent overview of every aspect of current proteomics technology, which is a rapidly developing field that is having a major impact within the life and medical sciences.
This student-friendly book, based on a successful course developed by the author,...
The Postgenomic Condition
Ethics, Justice, and Knowledge after the Genome
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Now that we have sequenced the human genome, what does it mean? In The Postgenomic Condition, Jenny Reardon critically examines the decade after the Human Genome Project, and the fundamental questions about meaning, value and justice this landmark achievement left in its wake.
Drawing on more...
Genetic Modification of Plants
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Conceived with the aim of sorting fact from fiction over genetically modified (GM) crops, this book brings together the knowledge of 30 specialists in the field of transgenic plants. It covers the generation and detection of these plants as well as the genetic traits conferred on transgenic plants....
Seeds of Science
Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
'Mark Lynas is a saint' Sunday Times
'Fluent, persuasive and surely right.' Evening Standard
Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s – working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement – he would descend on trial sites of genetically...