Genetics (non-medical)

This book provides a comprehensive overview on biotechnological applications of unicellular and multicellular fungi in a variety of industrial branches.

This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability.

This book was written by soybean experts to cluster in a single publication the most relevant and modern topics in soybean breeding.

This completely updated and revised second edition presents the most recent developments and advances in the field of microbial life in the cold, as well as the latest insights into the psychrophilic lifestyle.

Next Generation Sequencing technology has been applied to clinical diagnoses in the past three to five years using various approaches, including target gene panels and whole exomes.

The aim of this book is to systematize and discuss population genetic studies of freshwater fish in a region that harbors the greatest diversity of species among all inland water ecosystems.

This book presents, in 26 chapters, the status quo in epigenomic profiling.

This book fills the gap between textbooks of quantitative genetic theory, and software manuals that provide details on analytical methods but little context or perspective on which methods may be most appropriate for a particular application.

In this book, we provide an easy introduction to Bayesian inference using MCMC techniques, making most topics intuitively reasonable and deriving to appendixes the more complicated matters.

This unique textbook provides a clear and concise overview of the key principles of the complex field of phylogenomics, with a particular focus on sequencing technologies that are crucial to studying and understanding interrelations in evolutionary genomics.

Epigenetic mechanisms (DNA modifications, histone alterations and non-coding RNAs) are crucial for transcriptional regulation and alterations of the "e;physiological epigenome"e; are increasingly associated with human diseases.

Together with Volume 1, this book provides an inclusive overview of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of carcinogenesis and offers comprehensive insights into related clinical and therapeutic aspects.

Divided into two volumes the work offers a so far unmatched broad and at the same time deep knowledge on molecular and cellular mechanisms of carcinogenesis and offers comprehensive insight into clinical, therapeutic and technological aspects.

This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability.

This book describes the structures and functions of active protein filaments, found in bacteria and archaea, and now known to perform crucial roles in cell division and intra-cellular motility, as well as being essential for controlling cell shape and growth.

Due to continuous technical developments and new insights into the high complexity of neurological diseases, there is an increasing need for the application of proteomic technologies which can yield potential biomarker readouts for improved clinical management as well as for the development of new drugs by struggling pharmaceutical companies.

This book studies the production of indole alkaloids in the important medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (L.

This book describes the discovery of molecules from unexploited extreme marine environments, and presents new approaches in marine genomics.

This book provides the readers with an up-to-date review of the design, structure and function of a representative selection of fibrous proteins in both health and disease.

This book presents the genetics and genomics of Jatropha, which is used for biofuel, and shows how plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding.

This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the genetics and genomics of the agriculturally important Cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes crops such as watermelon, melon, cucumber, summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds.

Marking the change in focus of tree genomics from single species to comparative approaches, this book covers biological, genomic, and evolutionary aspects of angiosperm trees that provide information and perspectives to support researchers broadening the focus of their research.

This book provides an introduction to the genetics, genomics, and breeding of the olive tree, a multi-functional long-lived crop plant that is relevant not only for culinary olive and oil production, but also for shaping the landscape and history of many rural areas for centuries.

This book is dedicated to the great scientist and outstanding individual Nikolay Wladimirovich Timofeeff-Ressovsky.

This unique book explores the role of retrotransposons in human health and disease.

Plants are an important source of fats and oils, which are essential for the human diet.

This book provides insights into the current state of sorghum genomics.

This book is the first comprehensive volume on conifers detailing their genomes, variations, and evolution.

Heat Shock Proteins and Plants provides the most up-to-date and concise reviews and progress on the role of heat shock proteins in plant biology, structure and function and is subdivided into chapters focused on Small Plant HSPs (Part I), Larger Plant HSPs (Part II) and HSPs for Therapeutic Gain (Part III).

This book offers authoritative contributions by world experts actively working on different aspects of phototrophic prokaryotes.

This book explores key applications of phage biotechnology and reviews recent advances in phage display technologies.

This is a short and self-contained introduction to the field of mathematical modeling of gene-networks in bacteria.

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This volume covers the current knowledge base on the role of signaling and environmental pathways that control the normal development of germline stem cells, meiotic progression of oocytes, events of oocyte maturation and fertilization, and the birth of an embryo.

This book brings together in one volume the current state of ageing research in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

This book assesses the potential effects of biotechnological approaches, particularly genetic modification, on the present state of fiber crop cultivation and sustainable production.

This book provides a timely and thorough snapshot into the emerging and fast evolving area of applied genomics of foodborne pathogens.

This book describes how the genome sequence contributes to our understanding of allopolyploidisation and the genome evolution, genetic diversity, complex trait regulation and knowledge-based breeding of this important crop.

DNA methyltransferases are important enzymes in a broad range of organisms.

This two-volume work provides an overview on various state of the art experimental and statistical methods, modeling approaches and software tools that are available to generate, integrate and analyze multi-omics datasets in order to detect biomarkers, genetic markers and potential causal genes for improved animal production and health.

This two-volume work provides an overview on various state of the art experimental and statistical methods, modeling approaches and software tools that are available to generate, integrate and analyze multi-omics datasets in order to detect biomarkers, genetic markers and potential causal genes for improved animal production and health.

This comprehensive text provides a much-needed review of a disease that is currently garnering the interest of molecular biologists, translational scientists, and clinicians.

This book highlights key technologies and identifies areas for further development in proteogenomics.

This two-volume set takes an in-depth look at stress signaling in plants from a uniquely genomic and proteomic perspective and offers a comprehensive treatise that covers all of the signaling pathways and mechanisms that have been researched so far.

More than two third of the surface area of our planet is covered by oceans and assessment of the marine biodiversity is a challenging task.

This book presents selected contributions to the 19th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2015 in Marseille.

This book gives an in-depth overview on nuclear structure and function.

This timely volume explores the use of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing, presenting cutting-edge techniques and their applications in treatment of disease.

Blast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus resulting in a huge economic impact.

Drought is one of the most severe constraints to crop productivity worldwide, and thus it has become a major concern for global food security.