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Product Description: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics: Volume 3, 2002459 pp. 9 1/8 x 6 1/4. CONTENTS: A Personal History of the Mouse Genome - Mary F. Lyon; The Application of Tandem Mass Spectrometry to Neonatal Screening for Inherited Disorders of Intermediary Metabolism - Donald H...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Bioinformatics is a new and fast expanding area of biology encompassing the organization, analysis and interpretation of the huge amount of data emerging from sequencing and genome projects. Major new programs, software and internet facilities have evolved recently that enable bioinformatic analysis at the whole genome level and more novel technologies are currently being developed...read more

Product Description: Genomics is a new discipline that is revolutionizing the way biological and medical research is done. The human genome is almost completely sequenced, which will help to accelerate research and development in Genomics even more. The chapters in this book try to capture the rapidly evolving field...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Examines the diverse ways in which human heredity is linked to the rest of the natural world and analyzes how the science of genetics affects everyday life.

Building on a range of disciplines – from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics – this book draws on the expertise of leading names in the study of organic, mental and cultural codes brought together by the emerging discipline of biosemiotics. The volume represents the first multi-authored attempt to deal with the range of codes relevant to life, and to reveal the ubiquitous role of coding mechanisms in both organic and mental evolution.

Product Description: Since the advent of the Human Genome Project, an increasing number of disease-causing genes have been discovered and, in some cases, genetic tests developed. However, this is only the first step. The second, much larger phase is the analysis of the total sequence...read more

Product Description: A comprehensive account of genomic rearrangement, focusing on the mechanisms of inversion, translocation, gene and genome duplication and gene transfer and on the patterns that result from them in comparative maps. Includes analyses of genomic sequences in organelles, prokaryotes and eukaryotes as well as comparative maps of the nuclear genomes in higher plants and animals...read more

A beginner's guide to the fascinating world of genetics demonstrates how genes are responsible for a host of traits and behaviors, from addiction to mental illness to sexual orientation, and assists readers in decoding their own genetic make-up. Original. (view table of contents)

Ultimately, the quality of the tools available for genetic analysis and experimental disease models will be assessed on the basis of whether they provide new information that generates novel treatments for human disease. In addition, the time frame in which genetic discoveries impact clinical practice is also an important dimension of how society assesses the results of the significant public financial investment in genetic research. Because of the investment and the increased expectation that new tre- ments will be found for common diseases, allowing decades to pass before basic discoveries are made and translated into new therapies is no longer acceptable. Computational Genetics and Genomics: Tools for Understanding Disease provides an overview and assessment of currently available and developing tools for genetic analysis. It is hoped that these new tools can be used to identify the genetic basis for susceptibility to disease. Although this very broad topic is addressed in many other books and journal articles, Computational Genetics and Genomics: Tools for Understanding Disease focuses on methods used for analyzing mouse genetic models of biomedically - portant traits. This volume aims to demonstrate that commonly used inbred mouse strains can be used to model virtually all human disea- related traits. Importantly, recently developed computational tools will enable the genetic basis for differences in disease-related traits to be rapidly identified using these inbred mouse strains. On average, a decade is required to carry out the development process required to demonstrate that a new disease treatment is beneficial.

Product Description: Book by World Wildlife Fund (U. S.) (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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A story of the race to crack the secrets of the human genome captures all the drama of the players involved, the project's leaders, Francis Collins and Craig Venter, and the secrets behind the most important scientific achievement of our time. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book provides the essential protocols for disease gene identification as it describes and evaluates a range of techniques pertinent to the identification of diseases in man.

Product Description: Colin Graham and a team of leading investigators and expert clinical scientists update the acclaimed first edition with a collection of powerful, up-to-date PCR-based methods for DNA sequencing, many suitable for human genome sequencing and mutation detection in human disease...read more