Genetics category: 1528 books

Cover of Epigenetics - A Different Way of Looking at Genetics
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016

This book presents epigenetics research as a new way of looking at genetics. Topics range from basic epigenetics mechanisms to development of cells and organisms and the biological basis of diseases. In addition the book focuses on immunology and the role of viruses in epigenetics. The last part of the book highlights proteins and peptides as epigenetic modulators.
Cover of The Role of Genetics in Breast and Reproductive Cancers
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009

This volume will explore the latest findings in research into the genetics of breast and reproductive cancers, covering the epidemiological aspects of these cancers, their etiology, the effect of environment on genes and cancer etiology, and how research in this area can lead to development of preventative measures and treatments.
Cover of Epigenetics and Complex Traits
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Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013

This book will provide an overview of basic epigenetic phenomena; interaction between epigenetic and genetic factors; and the influence of epigenetic factors on inheritance. Epigenetic states may contribute to the penetrance of genetic polymorphisms or mutations and thereby modify inheritance patterns....
Cover of Biochemistry and Genetics of Recq-Helicases
by David B. Lombard
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Biochemistry And Genetics of RecQ-Helicases provides a background into the role of helicases in general and RecQ helicases specifically in DNA repair. Helicases- enzymes which break down hydrogen bonds between nucleic acid strands in a nucleoside triphosphate-dependent manner-are ubiquitous in biology,...
Cover of Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010

Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases is at the crossroads between two major scientific fields of the 21st century: evolutionary biology and infectious diseases. The genomic revolution has upset modern biology and has revolutionized our approach to ancient disciplines such as evolutionary...
Cover of Principles of Developmental Genetics
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014

Providing expert coverage of all major events in early embryogenesis and the organogenesis of specific systems, and supplemented with representative clinical syndromes, Principles of Developmental Genetics, Second Edition discusses the processes of normal development in embryonic and prenatal animals,...
Cover of Essay about the BBC News report 'Could glasses soon be history?'
by Friederike Lange
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Biology - Genetics / Gene Technology, grade: A5, University of Glasgow (Biology - Genetics), course: Genetics BA - Level 3, language: English, abstract: On the 14th of September 2010 a report was published in the BBC News Magazine by Tom Geoghegan1, in which...
Cover of Behavior Genetics of Cognition Across the Lifespan
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013

Along with psychopathology, cognition has been one of the primary phenotypic focal points of the field of behavior genetics since its inception. Francis Galton’s 1874 examination of eminent families in Britain was among the earliest attempts to investigate whether cognitive achievements run in families....
Cover of New Genetics, New Social Formations
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006

New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and...
Cover of The Neurospora Compendium

The Neurospora Compendium

Chromosomal Loci

by David D. Perkins, Alan Radford, Matthew S. Sachs
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2000

The fungi have been major players in the molecular revolution that has transformed biology. Because they can be manipulated as microorganisms, yeast and Neurospora provide information that is difficult to acquire with plants and animals, and experimental findings with fungi often throw light on corresponding...
Cover of Genetics, Health, and Society
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015

This volume focuses on critical issues surrounding the intersection of genetics, health, and society. It provides a critical examination of sociological and biomedical approaches to genomics, including strengths and limitations of each perspective.
Cover of Identity Politics and the New Genetics

Identity Politics and the New Genetics

Re/Creating Categories of Difference and Belonging

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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012

Racial and ethnic categories have appeared in recent scientific work in novel ways and in relation to a variety of disciplines: medicine, forensics, population genetics and also developments in popular genealogy. Once again, biology is foregrounded in the discussion of human identity. Of particular...
Cover of Cancer Genetics and Genomics for Personalized Medicine
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017

This book covers almost all fields of cancer genetics and genomics for personalized medicine. Targeted therapy, or precision medicine, or personalized medicine is becoming a standard treatment for many diseases, including cancer. However, how much do we know about the personalized medicine approach?...
Cover of Encyclopaedia of Cytology, Genetics and Molecular Biology
by A. K. Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014

Knowing the components of cells and how cells work is fundamental to all biological sciences. Appreciating the similarities and differences between cell types is particularly important to the fields of cell and molecular biology as well as to biomedical fields such as cancer research and developmental...
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