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by: Benjamin Pierce publisher: W. H. Freeman, published: 2011-02-25 ASIN: 1429254947 EAN: 9781429254946 sales rank: 777204 This new brief version of Benjamin Pierce’s Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Third Edition, responds to a growing trend of focusing the introductory course on transmission and population genetics and covering molecular genetics separately. |
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by: The Editors of REA publisher: Research & Education Association, published: 1998 ASIN: 0878915605 EAN: 9780878915606 sales rank: 323016 The Problem Solvers are an exceptional series of books that are thorough, unusually well-organized, and structured in such a way that they can be used with any text. No other series of study and solution guides has come close to the Problem Solvers in usefulness, quality, and effectiveness. Educators consider the Problem Solvers the most effective series of study aids on the market. Students regard them as most helpful for their school work and studies. With these books, students do not merely memorize the subject matter, they really get to understand it. Each Problem Solver is over 1,000 pages, yet each saves hours of time in studying and finding solutions to problems. These solutions are worked out in step-by-step detail, thoroughly and clearly. Each book is fully indexed for locating specific problems rapidly. Thorough coverage is given to cell mechanics, chromosomes, Mendelian genetics, sex determination, mutations and alleles, bacterial and viral genetics, biochemistry, immunogenetics, genetic engineering, probability, and statistics.
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by: Michael J. Sandel publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, published: 2009-09-30 ASIN: 0674036387 EAN: 9780674036383 sales rank: 59174 Listen to a short interview with Michael Sandel Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature--to enhance our genetic traits and those of our children. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why. What is wrong with re-engineering our nature? The Case against Perfection explores these and other moral quandaries connected with the quest to perfect ourselves and our children. Michael Sandel argues that the pursuit of perfection is flawed for reasons that go beyond safety and fairness. The drive to enhance human nature through genetic technologies is objectionable because it represents a bid for mastery and dominion that fails to appreciate the gifted character of human powers and achievements. Carrying us beyond familiar terms of political discourse, this book contends that the genetic revolution will change the way philosophers discuss ethics and will force spiritual questions back onto the political agenda. In order to grapple with the ethics of enhancement, we need to confront questions largely lost from view in the modern world. Since these questions verge on theology, modern philosophers and political theorists tend to shrink from them. But our new powers of biotechnology make these questions unavoidable. Addressing them is the task of this book, by one of America's preeminent moral and political thinkers. (20070516) |
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by: Katherine A. Schneider publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, published: 2011-12-06 ASIN: 0470081503 EAN: 9780470081501 sales rank: 161905 Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for cancer. |
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by: David Hyde publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, published: 2008-01-09 ASIN: 0073224812 EAN: 9780073224817 sales rank: 324877 Hyde’s Introduction to Genetics teaches the principles of genetics with an innovative approach that emphasizes the basic concepts involved in solving problems as well as teaching students how to manipulate genetic data. While most genetics textbooks provide some examples and several problems for the student to work, the texts primarily stress facts and historical information. It is often left to the student to make the connection from what is in the text to elucidating the approaches to solve problems. Dr. David Hyde presents these skills to the students throughout the narrative in a stepped-out fashion, making an explicit tie between the facts and their application. This text maintains the rigor that faculty require in a genetics book, while incorporating a student-friendly presentation style that helps the reader comprehend the material. |
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by: Charles Walters publisher: Acres U.S.A., published: 2006-06-01 ASIN: 0911311858 EAN: 9780911311853 sales rank: 272406 Dr. Richard Olree believes that the key to the biological role of all trace minerals has been available to science for decades, but nobody realized it. Will his Standard Genetic Code Chart prove to be the Rosetta Stone of trace nutrients? Through sequencing the amino acids in the process of constructing proteins, Dr. Olree has traced all the elements to their participatory function in the life process. In this cutting-edge book, the connection is made between the physical, chemical and biological aspects of minerals and subatomic particles in the life process, and assignment is made of the specific mineral that governs each entry in the genetic code. This knowledge, based on peer-reviewed medical literature as well as research by forgotten innovators, suggests an end to the tyranny of pharmaceuticals. Each of the 64 sequences (or "codons") in the Standard Genetic Chart is discussed with an overlay of the mineral involved - its absence leading to degenerative disease; its presence ensuring that health is maintained. Dr Olree's genetic mineral chart overlaps the 64 codons that are now a part of "settled" science. This innovative book reveals a unique roadmap overlaying the body's deepest genetic need for specific minerals, classical chiropractic conditions, acupuncture meridians, and deficiency and disease indicators. |
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by: David B. Goldstein publisher: Yale University Press, published: 2009-05-12 ASIN: 0300151284 EAN: 9780300151282 sales rank: 492221 Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today’s Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? These questions stand at the heart of this engaging book. Geneticist David Goldstein analyzes modern DNA studies of Jewish populations and examines the intersections of these scientific findings with the history (both biblical and modern) and oral tradition of the Jews. With a special gift for translating complex scientific concepts into language understandable to all, Goldstein delivers an accessible, personal, and fascinating book that tells the history of a group of people through the lens of genetics.
In a series of detective-style stories, Goldstein explores the priestly lineage of Jewish males as manifested by Y chromosomes; the Jewish lineage claims of the Lemba, an obscure black South African tribe; the differences in maternal and paternal genetic heritage among Jewish populations; and much more. The author also grapples with the medical and ethical implications of our rapidly growing command of the human genomic landscape. The study of genetics has not only changed the study of Jewish history, Goldstein shows, it has altered notions of Jewish identity and even our understanding of what makes a people a people. |
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by: William F. Engdahl publisher: Global Research, published: 2007-11-20 ASIN: 0973714727 EAN: 9780973714722 sales rank: 22676 This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish its control over the very basis of human survival, the provision of our daily bread. Control the food and you control the people. This is no ordinary book about the perils of GMO. Engdahl takes the reader inside the corridors of power, into the backrooms of the science labs, behind closed doors in the corporate boardrooms. The author reveals a World of profit-driven political intrigue, government corruption and coercion, where genetic manipulation and the patenting of life forms are used to gain worldwide control over food production. The book is an eye-opener, a must-read for all those committed to the causes of social justice and World peace. |
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by: William S. Klug publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, published: 1999-08-03 ASIN: 0130816264 EAN: 9780130816269 sales rank: 709216 For one- or two-term courses in Genetics in the departments of Biology, Zoology, Agriculture or Health Science.This text is known for its clear writing style, emphasis on concepts, visual art program and thoughtful coverage of all areas of genetics. The authors capture students' interest with up-to-date coverage of cutting edge topics and research. This text will help students connect the science of genetics to the issues of today through interesting and thought-provoking applications. The sixth edition boasts the next generation of media integration including Gen CD-X (student CD-ROM and Companion Website). |
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by: Harry Nickla publisher: Benjamin Cummings, published: 2009-04-24 ASIN: 0321556933 EAN: 9780321556936 sales rank: 296890 Key Benefit: A supplement for any genetics book, this guide gives readers thorough instruction and practice for solving genetics problems. Using callout comments, the author walks readerse through the process of breaking down word problems by dissecting each sentence. At each significant point in the statement of a problem, readers learn to evaluate the given data, think about how it fits into the larger picture, and analyze relationships that lead to a potential solution. Currently, How to Solve Genetics Problems can be packaged with Pearson genetics books for a special value package price. Key Topics: Chromosome Mechanics - Mitosis and Meiosis, Transmission genetics, Linkage and Mapping, Molecular biology: DNA, Molecular biology: Proteins, Transcription, Translation, and Mutation, Genetic regulation: Prokaryotes,Population genetics and Evolution Market: Intended for those interested in learning the basics of genetics |