Epigenetics and Systems Biology highlights the need for collaboration between experiments and theoretical modeling that is required for successful application of systems biology in epigenetics studies.
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.
Human beings have on the order of 100,000 different genes encoding the molecules needed to build and operate the human body; defects in any one of them can lead to disastrous consequences.
Fundamental to any livestock improvement programme by animal scientists, is the prediction of genetic merit in the offspring generation for desirable production traits such as increased growth rate, or superior meat, milk and wool production.
This book describes basic cell engineering methods, emphasizing stem cell applications, and use of the genetically modified stem cells in cell therapy and drug discovery.
The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?
Leben kann man programmieren: Das moderne Verständnis des Lebens und die tiefergehenden Eingriffsmöglichkeiten werden das Verhältnis von Mensch und Natur grundsätzlich verändern.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development.
The language of botany from plant structure to genetic modification defined and explained for students of plant sciences and botanical enthusiastsThe dictionary,with over 4,000 entries,covers the many subject areas that make up pure and applied botany.
Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.
In den nächsten 30 Jahren steht die Menschheit vor der Herausforderung, rund zehn Milliarden Menschen zu ernähren, und gleichzeitig natürliche Ressourcen und Lebensräume zu erhalten.
The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.
With genetics and genetic engineering receiving almost daily coverage in the media, this book is an introduction for general readers who wish to know more about a science that is changing our world.
Combining myth, biography, and wit, this is a highly original depiction of cutting-edge science and its profound implications, told through the scientists who are rewriting life on earth.
THE DEAD CAN'T PUNISH PEOPLE BUT THEY CAN SEEK REVENGEWhen composer Gideon Lake moves into his new apartment building, he becomes infatuated by his neighbour Kate Solway.
With genetics and genetic engineering receiving almost daily coverage in the media, this book is an introduction for general readers who wish to know more about a science that is changing our world.
La biotecnologia es el conjunto de disciplinas que estudian a los seres vivos y los componentes de estos con el fin de generar productos y procesos mediante tecnicas de ingenieria genetica, algo que tiene cada vez mas aplicaciones en diversas areas como la quimica, la agricultura, la sanidad, etc.
La eugenesia, al consolidarse como un movimiento cientifico con alcances politicos, economicos, culturales y eticos, logro convertirse en politica de Estado.
Hasta hace muy poco tiempo la genética cuantitativa y el mejoramiento animal se consideraban como un pilar de la zootecnia con nula o muy poca aplicación a nivel de explotaciones en Colombia.
