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Essentials of Genetics (6TH 07 Edition)
by William Klug  Publisher Comments Balancing classical and modern genetics, "Essentials of Genetics" helps readers understand basic genetics concepts, apply those concepts to genetics problems, and recognize the logic behind them. This succinct treatment features coverage of new research...
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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual...
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Mapping Fate: A Memoir of Family, Risk, & Genetic Research
by Alice Wexler Publisher Comments In Mapping Fate, Alice Wexler tells the story of a family at risk for a hereditary, incurable, fatal disorder: Huntington's disease, once called Huntington's chorea. That her mother died of the disease, that her own chance of inheriting it was fifty...
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The Phylogenetic Handbook: A Practical Approach to DNA and Protein Phylogeny
by Marco (edt) Salemi Publisher Comments The Phylogentic Handbook is a broad introduction to the theory and practice of nucleotide and amino acid phylogenetic analysis. As a unique feature of this book, each chapter contains an extensive practical section, in which step-by-step exercises on...
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Red Canary
by Tim Birkhead Synopsis A tale of how an amateur obsession heralded the inherent dangers of genetic manipulation. Hans Duncker, a German bird enthusiast, spent a large portion of his life using feeding methods to try and turn a green canary into a red one....
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In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
by Daniel J Kevles Publisher Comments Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic...
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Lessons Learned: Risk Management Issues in Genetic Counseling
by Susan Schmerler Publisher Comments No one wants to be sued. A lawsuit is an assault on onea (TM)s self-image, reputation, and livelihood. It is physically, mentally, and financially draining. Professionals get sued because an individual believes she has been harmed or thinks there is...
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Impact of the Gene From Mendels Peas To
by Colin Tudge Book News Annotation Science writer Tudge (philosophy, London School of Economics) reflects on the social and ethical implications of genetic research and its application to a living world while he traces the history of modern concepts of heredity. Annotation c. Book...
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Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene
by Masha Gessen Publisher Comments In 2004 genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. The discovery initiated Gessen into a club of sorts: the small (but exponentially expanding) group of people in possession of a new and...
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In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA
by James Schwartz Publisher Comments If you have ever wondered what goes on in a genetics lab, here is the answer. In this sparkling and timely book James Schwartz reveals the remarkable history of the gene from its nineteenth-century origins as an entirely imaginary concept to the modern...
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Double Helix (Scribner Classic)
by James Watson Publisher Comments "The classic personal account of one of the great scientific discoveries of the century." <P> By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At...
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Coming To Life (06 Edition)
by Nusslein-volh Publisher Comments Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, winner of The Nobel Prize in Medicine, gives a concise and illustrative overview of genetics, evolution, and cellular processes as well as a discussing of current ethical issues in human biology. <BR>"Coming to Life" is...
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Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene
by Stephen S Hall Publisher Comments From the spring of 1976 to the fall of 1978, three laboratories competed in a feverish race to clone a human gene for the first time, a feat that ultimately produced the world's first genetically engineered drug — the life-sustaining hormone insulin....
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley 
From Powells.com Matt Ridley's Genome is one of the best, and most popular, works of popular science of recent years, in line with such instant classics as Richard Rhodes's The Making of the Atomic Bomb or Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. Ever since James Watson and...
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Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code
by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments Ridley traces Crick's life from middle-class mediocrity through his leap into biology at the age of 31 and his co-discovery of the double helix structure of DNA....
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Not By Genes Alone (04 Edition)
by Peter J. Richerson Publisher Comments Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually every habitat on earth using an incredible variety of...
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Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping
by Andrew R. Collins Publisher Comments As researchers continue to make enormous progress in mapping disease genes, exciting, novel, and complex analyses have emerged. In Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping: Analysis and Applications, scientists from around the world, who are...
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The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project
by Daniel J Kevles Publisher Comments The human genome is the key to what makes us human. Composed of the many different genes found in our cells, it defines our possibilities and limitations as members of the species. The ultimate goal of the pioneering project outlined in this book is to...
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Population Genetics (2ND 04 Edition)
by John H. Gillespie Publisher Comments This concise introduction addresses the theories behind population genetics and relevant empirical evidence, genetic drift, natural selection, nonrandom mating, quantitative genetics, and the evolutionary advantage of sex....
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The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment
by Richard C Lewontin Publisher Comments One of our most brilliant evolutionary biologists, Richard Lewontin has also been a leading critic of those--scientists and non-scientists alike--who would misuse the science to which he has contributed so much. In The Triple Helix, Lewontin the...
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