Genetics (non-medical)

The broad arc of islands north of Australia that extends from Indonesia east towards the central Pacific is home to a set of human populations whose concentration of diversity is unequaled elsewhere.

Insects and fungi have a shared history of association in common habitats where together they endure similar environmental conditions, but only recently have mycologists and entomologists recognized and had the techniques to study the intricacies of some of the associations.

Genetically modified plants are currently causing controversy worldwide; a great deal has been written about their supposed environmental effects.

The completion of the first draft of the human genome has led to an explosion of interest in genetics and molecular biology.

Phenotypic plasticity is the range and process of variation in body plan and physiology.

This book pulls together the full range of cell culture, biochemical, microscopic, and genetic techniques to study the early mammalian embryo.

Flow cytometry is a sensitive and quantitative platform for the measurement of particle fluorescence.

Evolutionary Ecology simultaneously unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as either a primary textbook or a supplemental reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course.

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable.

The first comprehensive synthesis on development and evolution: it applies to all aspects of development, at all levels of organization and in all organisms, taking advantage of modern findings on behavior, genetics, endocrinology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory and phylogenetics to show the connections between developmental mechanisms and evolutionary change.

Finding patterns in biomolecular data, particularly in DNA and RNA, is at the center of modern biological research.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique used to replicate specific pieces of DNA millions of times, which permits the detection and analysis of minute amounts of nucleic acids.

Drosophila, the common fruit fly, is the most extensively studied of all organisms from the standpoint of genetics and cytology.

In this work, George C.

Studying human migratory patterns can help us make sense of evolution, biology, linguistics, and so much more.

Plant molecular biology is rapidly becoming an important and successful component of the worldwide research challenge to apply basic biochemical, physiological and genetic techniques for the improvement of agricultural crops.

Focusing on the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, this comprehensive volume explores questions that relate to a wide variety of fields, from biology and biochemistry, to paleontology, geology, and medical research.

Nearly 700 species of plants may become extinct by the year 2000.

With increasing frequency, systematic and evolutionary biologists have turned to the techniques of molecular biology to complement their traditional morphological and anatomical approaches to questions of the historical relationship and descent among groups of animals and plants.

For scientists, no event better represents the contest between form and function as the chief organizing principle of life as the debate between Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.

The scope and significance of cytoplasmic inheritance has been the subject of one of the longest controversies in the history of genetics.

The ecological relationships found to exist between tick vectors and pathogens in their zootic cycle can profoundly influence patterns of transmission and disease for humans and domestic animals.

The goal of this series, which reviews new theoretical ideas and frameworks, is to stimulate discussion and outline progress in evolutionary studies.

This book focuses on drosophila as an especially useful model organism for exploring questions of evolutionary biology in the full range of evolutionary studies: population genetics, ecology, ecological genetics, speciation, phylogenetics, genome evolution, molecular evolution, and development.

With each species lost to the mass extinction crisis, the natural economy of the nation and of the world is greatly diminished.

This work provides a unified theory that addresses the important problem of the origin and maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations.

Computerized sequence analysis is an integral part of biotechnological research, yet many biologists have received no formal training in this important technology.

This study draws on data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process.

Combining insights from observation, experimentation, and theory, The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species offers a broad overview of species as dynamic entities that arise, have unique evolutionary histories, and ultimately go extinct.

This book links the molecular evolution of silk proteins to the evolution and behavioral ecology of web-spinning spiders and other arthropods.

During the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution.

The application of new molecular technology has greatly increased our understanding of the role of chromosomal change in plant evolution.

When Hitler published Mein Kampf in 1924, he held up a foreign law as a model for his program of racial purification: The U.

In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life.

Most analyses assume that genomes are to be read as linear text, much as a sequence of nucleotides can be translated into a sequence of amino acids by looking in a table.

Few scientists have made lasting contributions to as many fields as Francis Galton.

Books such as Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene have aroused fierce controversy by arguing for the powerful influence of genes on human behavior.

Why do we age?

The advent of genome sequencing and associated technologies has transformed biologists' ability to measure important classes of molecules and their interactions.

While there have been controversial attempts to link conclusions from sociobiological studies of animal populations to humans, few behavioral scientists or anthropologists have made serious progress.

The German cockroach is considered to be the most resilient and ecologically important insect pest found in homes, apartments, and commercial facilities in the United States and across the world.

Mothers have the ability to profoundly affect the quality of their offspring--from the size and quality of their eggs to where, when, and how eggs and young are placed, and from providing for and protecting developing young to choosing a mate.

Two of the great mysteries of biology yet to be explored concern the distribution and abundance of genetic variation in natural populations and the genetic architecture of complex traits.

Behavioral genetics is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary field which attempts to explain the influence of genetic and environmental factors on behavior through the lifespan.

A Primer of Population Genetics and Genomics has been completely revised and updated to provide a concise but comprehensive introduction to the basic concepts of population genetics and genomics.

'Arvid Agren has undertaken the most meticulously thorough reading of the relevant literature that I have ever encountered, deploying an intelligent understanding to pull it into a coherent story.

What does it mean to say that mutation is random?

What are the genomic signatures of adaptations in DNA?

Urban Evolutionary Biology fills an important knowledge gap on wild organismal evolution in the urban environment, whilst offering a novel exploration of the fast-growing new field of evolutionary research.