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Selfish Gene New Edition
by Richard Dawkins  Publisher Comments This nontechnical description of modern genetics is based on the insight that replicating structures have a built-in drive for self-preservation. A fascinating and provocative popular account....
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The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
by Bruce H Lipton Synopsis The Biology of Belief is a groundbreaking work in the field of New Biology. Author Dr. Bruce Lipton is a former medical school professor and research scientist. His experiments, and that of other leading-edge scientists, have examined in great detail the...
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, an illuminating guide to the genetic history of the British Isles. One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons...
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.)
by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments The genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers...
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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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Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development
by Christiane Nusslein-volhard Publisher Comments Christiane Nüsslein-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. Coming to Life is a...
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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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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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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition With a New Introduction by the Author
by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the...
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten...
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Dictionary of Genetics 7TH Edition
by Robert C King Publisher Comments Modern genetics began in 1900 with the rediscovery of Mendel's paper, and now the sequencing of the human genome has brought the first century of progress in this field to a triumphant conclusion. Genetics has entered a new era with the advent of genomic...
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Primer of Ecologal Genetics (03 Edition)
by Jeffrey K. Conner Book News Annotation A textbook for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course introducing basic concepts in population and quantitative genetics, including measuring selection on phenotypic characters. The focus is on methods applicable to field studies of ecologically...
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Cartoon Guide To Genetics Updated Edition
by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Illustrates, simplifies, and humor-coats the important principles of classical and modern genetics and their experimental bases, with amusing anecdotes about how the ancients tried to explain inheritance and sex determination....
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Understanding Dna and Gene Cloning : a Guide for the Curious (4TH 04 Edition)
by Karl Drlica Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-335) and index....
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The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture
by Matt Ridley
Publisher Comments Armed with extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley turns his attention to the nature-versus-nurture debate in a thoughtful book about the roots of human behavior. Ridley recounts the hundred years' war between...
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Adam's Curse: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Destiny
by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments BY THE NATIONALLY best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, Adam's Curse investigates the ultimate evolutionary crisis a man-free future. How is it possible that the Y chromosome, which separated the sexes and allowed humans to rise to the apex...
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Language of Genes (95 Edition)
by Steve Jones Synopsis Displaying a remarkable ability to illustrate complex ideas simply, geneticist Jones takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the world of human genetics, explaining how the field began, the role genes play in shaping who and what we are, and the...
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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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Genetics : From Genes To Genomes (3RD 08 Edition)
by Leland Hartwell Publisher Comments Genetics: From Genes to Genomes is a cutting-edge, introductory genetics text authored by an unparalleled author team, including Nobel Prize winner, Leland Hartwell. The Third Edition continues to build upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular...
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The Immortal Cell: One Scientist's Quest to Solve the Mystery of Human Aging
by Michael West Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-563) and index....
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