Genetics (non-medical)

The book traces the roots of plant biotechnology from the basic sciences to current applications in the biological and agricultural sciences, industry, and medicine.

This book brings together and updates the latest information on the diversity of yeasts, their molecular features and their applications in the welfare of mankind.

This book focuses on the most recent, relevant, comprehensive and significant advances in cancer and chemo prevention.

This book unravels the mental health challenges of the migrants and the socio economic and cultural conditions that bear on the mental well being.

Bananas and plantains are among the most important food and cash crops in the world.

This book focuses on the evolution of plant viruses, their molecular classification, epidemics and management, covering topics relating to evolutionary mechanisms, viral ecology and emergence, appropriate analysis methods, and the role of evolution in taxonomy.

This book is a compilation of recent global measures to conserve bio-resources and manage biotic and abiotic stresses.

This book explores the journey of biotechnology, searching for new avenues and noting the impressive accomplishments to date.

With exponentially increasing population across the globe and shrinking resources, the concern of food security is looming large over the world community.

This book deals with the various aspects viz.

El proyecto del Genoma Humano es, sin dudad, en el área de la biología, la mayor empresa de investigación que a través de los tiempos ha emprendido el hombre.

The role of vitamin A in living organisms has been known throughout human history.

This book explores the major cytokines, such as IL-1 and IFN-y, with respect to the regulation of their gene expression and protein production in specific immune cell types.

This book provides up-to-date information on the characteristics of each species of intestinal fluke found in humans and on the management of infections caused by these trematodes.

This book offers step-by-step instruction on DNA cloning, defined as moving genes around plasmids, mutating genes, or mining new genes.

Recent progress in biotechnology and genomics has expanded the plant breeders' horizon providing a molecular platform on the traditional plant breeding, which is now known as 'plant molecular breeding'.

Synthetic Biology (SB) is a revolutionary discipline with a vast range of practical applications, but is SB research really based on engineering principles?

This book introduces plant metabolomics, an experimental approach that is important in both functional genomics and systems biology.

Grasslands are among the largest ecosystems in the world and consequently are of great importance to mankind.

A role for vitamin A in living organisms has been known throughout human history.

Microbial physiology, biochemistry and genetics allowed the formulation of concepts that turned out to be important in the study of higher organisms.

The book summarizes the latest research and developments in dairy biotechnology and engineering.

Evolution is just a theory, isn't it?

This textbook aims to describe the fascinating area of eukaryotic gene regulation for graduate students in all areas of the biomedical sciences.

This volume focuses on modern computational and statistical tools for translational gene expression and regulation research to improve prognosis, diagnostics, prediction of severity, and therapies for human diseases.

   

This is the fourth major publication on Vicia faba reporting proceedings of seminars organised through the Commission of the European Communities in the context of the E.

The quality of human life has been maintained and enhanced for generations by the use of trees and their products.

The 10th IAPTC&B Congress, Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond, was held June 23-28, 2002, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Foods fermented with lactic acid bacteria are an important part of the human diet.

During the last two decades the modern techniques of histochemistry, electron microscopy, plant physiology, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology, and genetics have been applied to investigate the intricacies of the processes involved in embryo formation, and considerable new information has been generated.

The International Symposium on "e;Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Biosynthesis and Action of the Plant Hormone Ethylenc"e; ,vas held in Agen, France from August 31 st and September 4th, 1992.

In this book we bring together the most up-to-date information on developments, both basic and applied, that already have or are expected to impact the field of ornamental breeding.

Ultimate success in exploiting the genetic capabilities of plants to grow in nutrient-stressed environments of the semi-arid tropics (SAT) requires a holistic view of food systems to ensure that genetic selections for improved yields on nutrient-poor soils will actually be adopted by farmers.

Since the beginning of agricultural production, there has been a continuous effort to grow more and better quality food to feed ever increasing popula- tions.

Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land.

One Hundred Years of Chromosome Research: What Remains to be Learned, offers the reader a critical analysis of the observations and experiments that shaped the last 100 years of chromosome research, as well as the ideas which prevailed during this period.

Legumes include many very important crop plants that contribute very critical protein to the diets of both humans and animals around the world.

This volume mainly reports on new and recent advancements on different aspects of Pseudomonas syringae, a plant pathogenic bacterial species that include a high number of pathogens of important crops, which is an interesting model organism in plant pathology.

The discipline of microbiology that deals with an amazingly diverse group of simple organisms, such as viruses, archaea, bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa, is an exciting field of Science.

Forage plant breeding has entered the genome era.

The beginnings of human civili zation can be traced back to the time , ne- ly 12 ,000 years ago , when th e early humans gradually ch anged from a life of hunting and gathering food , to producing food.

Plant adaptation is a fundamental process in plant breeding.

Automation and Environmental Control in Plant Tissue Culture rigorously explores the new challenges faced by modern plant tissue culture researchers and producers worldwide: issues of cost efficiency, automation, control, and optimization of the in vitro microenvironment.

In most breeding programs of plant and animal species, genetic data (such as data from field progeny tests) are used to rank parents and help choose candidates for selection.

The dynamic role of plant hormones in regulation of plant growth and development revealed by its control of rates of metabolic processes and various related enzymetic reactions at molecular and submolecular levels is now weil established.