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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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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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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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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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A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
by J. Craig Venter Publisher Comments The triumphant true story of the man who achieved one of the greatest feats of our erathe mapping of the human genome. Growing up in California, Craig Venter didnt appear to have much of a future. An unremarkable student, he nearly flunked out of high...
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The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
by David Plotz Publisher Comments A fascinating study of a radical experiment in human breeding describes the recruitment of Nobel Prize winners and other accomplished men as donors to a genius sperm bank, whose mission was to breed a cadre of brilliant scientists and leaders, profiling...
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Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics
by Simon Mawer Publisher Comments Considered one of the greatest scientists in history, Gregor Mendel was the first person to map the characteristics of a living thing’s successive generations, thus forming the foundation of modern genetic science. In Gregor Mendel, distinguished...
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Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew about Genes
by Sue Hubbell Publisher Comments In this timely and controversial work, Sue Hubbell contends that the concept of genetic engineering is anything but new, for humans have been tinkering with genetics for centuries. Focusing on four specific examples — corn, silkworms, domestic cats,...
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Rough Guide To Genes & Cloning 1ST Edition
by Jess Buxton Special Offer For a limited time, buy a new copy of any of the books in Rough Guide's Popular Culture section, and get The Rough Guide to World Party CD free!...
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Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are
by Barbara Kat Rothman Publisher Comments The much heralded "completion" of the human genome project in the year 2000 raises urgent questions: Do we now have a map of who we are? How will we control the uses of the potentially healing but also likely destructive and highly marketable information...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes (Complete Idiot's Guides)
by Linda Tagliaferro Publisher Comments This guide is for the layperson who's confused about the latest genetic technologies. It explains what genes are, how they work (or don't work), genetic engineering of plants, animals and people, cloning, DNA in the courts, genetic testing, and lots more,...
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Bioinformatics a Practical Guide To the an 2ND Edition
by Andreas D Baxevanis Synopsis Providing biologists with the modern tools to solve practical problems in sequence data analysis and management, this revised and updated edition offers a review of the basic concepts, along with discussions and comparisons of the available databases....
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The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA
by Edward Ball Publisher Comments The Genetic Strand is the story of a writer's investigation, using DNA science, into the tale of his family's origins. National Book Award winner Edward Ball has turned his probing gaze on the microcosm of the human genome, and not just any human genome -...
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Computational Modeling of Genetic and Biochemical Networks (Computational Molecular Biology Series)
by James M Bower Publisher Comments The advent of ever more sophisticated molecular manipulation techniques has made it clear that cellular systems are far more complex and dynamic than previously thought. At the same time, experimental techniques are providing an almost overwhelming...
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Genetic Engineering: Principles & Methods, Vol. 18
by Jane K Setlow Book News Annotation The latest of the annual reviews contains 16 articles. The topics include isolating, manipulating, and characterizing DNA from old tissues; engineering transgenes for use in the mammary glands; enzymes that determine chain length in plant fatty acid...
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Genetics for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Tara Rodde Robinson Synopsis Reveals the connections between genetics and specific diseases Understand the science and the ethics behind genetics Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals. From dominant and recessive...
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In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite
by Andrew Brown Synopsis This is the story of how three men won the Nobel Prize for their research on the humble nematode worm C. elegans; how their extraordinary discovery led to the sequencing of the human genome; how a global multibillion-dollar industry was born; and how the...
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Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix
by James D Watson Publisher Comments “The chase for the double-helical structure of DNA was an adventure story in the best sense. First, there was a pot of scientific gold to be found—possibly very soon. Second, among the explorers who raced to find it, there was much bravado...
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Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
by Austin Burt and Robert Trivers Publisher Comments In evolution, most genes survive and spread within populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some genes spread in spite of being harmful to the host organism: by distorting...
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Living with Our Genes: The Groundbreaking Book about the Science of Personality, Behavior, and Genetic Destiny
by Dean Hamer Synopsis A user's manual for understanding why we do the things we do, this up-to-dateand comprehensive guide presents a fascinating investigation into the cruciallink between DNA and behavior....
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