Welcome to the Genome – A User′s Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future, 2nd Edition

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Beliebte Einführung in die genomische Revolution für Laien, jetzt in überarbeiteter und aktualisierter Neuauflage, unterstützt vom American Museum of Natural History. Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future ist ein Muss für alle, die sich für die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen interessieren und die Entwicklung und das evolutionäre Erbe allen Lebens verstehen möchten.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781118107652
ISBN-10: 1118107659
Pagini: 278
Dimensiuni: 180 x 253 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

This book is written expressly as a serious, accessible guide to genomics for the public to understand already emerging changes in the business and practice of medicine, biotechnology, and agriculture.

Notă biografică

Dr. Rob DeSalle is a curator in the Comparative Genomics Institute and the Department of Entomology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He is also Editor-in-Chief for mtDNA, and has served as an associate editor for Conservation Genetics, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Bioassays, and the Journal of Heredity. Prior to his work with the Natural History Museum, Dr. DeSalle taught in the Biology Department at Yale University. Dr. Michael Yudell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, and works at the intersection of public health, history, and ethics. Yudell is currently Chair of the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health's Newborn Screening and Follow-up Technical Advisory Board.

Cuprins

Foreward: Still, The Genomic Revolution ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Welcome Back to the Genome xiii 1 From Mendel to Molecules 1 2 The Building Blocks of Gene Sequencing 31 3 Sequencing the Genome 47 4 The Next Generation 65 5 Making the Genome Safe 81 6 The Meanings of Genetic Diversity: Part I 121 7 The Meanings of Genetic Diversity: Part II 143 8 The Tree of Life: 4 Billion Years of Divergence 161 9 Sequencing the Small and Infamous: A Look at Metagenomics and Microbiomes 195 10 The World to Come: Agriculture 213 Conclusion: Don't Believe the Hype (Including Ours) 245 Index 249

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