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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science
by James D Watson  Publisher Comments Watson--who helped discover the secret of life and won the Nobel Prize by the time he was 34--shares everything he has learned about getting good work done, in this delightful and wittily instructive memoir. Photos throughout....
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The Century of the Gene
by Evelyn Fox Keller Publisher Comments In a book that promises to change the way we think and talk about genes and genetic determinism, Evelyn Fox Keller, one of our most gifted historians and philosophers of science, provides a powerful, profound analysis of the achievements of genetics and...
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Human Natures : Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect (00 Edition)
by Paul R. Ehrlich Publisher Comments Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us . . . at the very most, they whisper suggestions." He argues that human nature is not so much the...
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Electronic Companion To Genetics
by Barry Genetsky Publisher Comments Developed by leading educators who are also researchers, this guide accompanies most leading textbooks....
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Igenetics a Molecular Approach 2ND Edition
by Peter J. Russell Publisher Comments "iGenetics: A Molecular Approach" reflects the dynamic nature of modern genetics by emphasizing an experimental, inquiry-based approach with a solid treatment of many research experiments. Genetics: An Introduction, DNA: The Genetic Material, DNA...
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Won for All: How the Drosophila Genome Was Sequenced
by Michael Ashburner Book News Annotation Ashburner (biology, U. of Cambridge) presents an account of the events that took place during a two-year period, from May 1998 to March 2000, that led to the "complete" sequence of the genome of the small fly, Drosophila melanogaster. The project was...
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Twins: And What They Tell Us about Who We Are
by Lawrence Wright Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book for 1998 <P>Critical acclaim for Lawrence Wright's <P>A Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize Finalist <P>"This is a book about far more than twins: it is about what twins can tell us about ourselves."— The...
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Genetics and Society
by Alison Pilnick Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index....
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Abraham Lincoln's DNA and Other Adventures in Genetics
by Philip R Reilly Publisher Comments Twenty-four true, wide-ranging tales of crime, history, human behavior, illness, and ethics, told from the personal perspective of the author, an eminent physician-lawyer who uses the stories to illustrate the principles of human genetics and to discuss...
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Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 
From Powells.com "Thinkers will find lots of grist for the mill here. Much more than a book about genetics, Nature Via Nurture is about how life works, why people are so complex, and how unproductive it is to view the world in terms of A vs. B. This would make a good...
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Essential Genetics : Genomic Perspective (4TH 06 Edition)
by Daniel L. Hartl Book News Annotation This edition reflects new discoveries in the field and includes some 100 new/revised illustrations (some in color). New sections cover genetic control of the cell life cycle and molecular evolution. Emphasizing the integration of molecular and...
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Plant Membrane and Vacuolar Transporters
by Pawan K. (edt) Jaiwal Publisher Comments While information on the roles and regulation of transporters for all major nutrients and metabolites in plants has increased significantly, a synthesis of this research has been lacking. Based on current research in genomics and proteomics, this book...
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DNA: The Secret of Life
by James D Watson
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-420) and index....
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to...
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DNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral
by Leonard G. Horowitz Publisher Comments Based on the latest science, this book considers both uses and abuses of DNA--"The Sacred Spiral." Evidence proves DNA is nature's bioacoustic and electromagnetic (i.e., "spiritual") energy receiver, signal transformer, and quantum sound and light...
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The Perfect Baby: Parenthood in the New World of Cloning and Genetics
by Glenn Mcgee Publisher Comments The Perfect Baby is the most popular introduction to ethical issues in genetics....
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Essentials of Genomics
by Philip N. Benfey Publisher Comments This book provides information regarding this new and rapidly changing subject. With its emphasis on computational analysis, high-through-put technologies, and identification of biological networks, it is a comprehensive introduction to the field of...
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Phagocytosis: Microbial Invasion (Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Membranes and)
by Tartakoff Publisher Comments The present volume focuses on microbial invasion strategies of pathogen uptake. An accompanying volume (Vol. 5) in the series presents the phagocytic process from the viewpiont of the host cell. <BR>This field of study is growing rapidly after a...
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Metal Ions in Gene Regulation
by Simon Silver Publisher Comments This is the first volume on the role of metal ions in regulating genes to focus not only on toxicity effects of metals but also on the role of metal ions in normal metabolisms, in both prokaryotes and in eukaryotes. This book is a comprehensive treatment...
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Human Genetics : Concepts and Application (5TH 03 - Old Edition)
by Ricki Lewis Publisher Comments Human Genetics, 6/e is a non-science majors human genetics text that clearly explains what genes are, how they function, how they interact with the environment, and how our understanding of genetics has changed since completion of the human genome...
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