Principles of Genetics - Rilegato

Gardner, Eldon J.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 047129800X ISBN 13: 9780471298007

Casa editrice: John Wiley and Sons (WIE), 1999

Riassunto

This volume shows how genetics is done, by incorporating a human emphasis and by highlighting the role of geneticists, and provides historical and biographical insights into the people and events that have made genetics a pre-eminent science. Human genetics is treated at all levels - classical, molecular and population. It aims to provide a balance between concepts and experimental detail, using experiments to help explain "how" and "why" concepts were developed.

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L'autore

D. Peter Snustad
Michael J. Simmons

Dalla quarta di copertina

The cover shows many facets of genetics. Top row, Left: The DNA double–helix, here imaged in a scanning tunneling micrograph, is central to all genetics research. Right: Experimentation has shown that some social behaviors, such as nest cleaning by honeybees, is under genetic control. Second row, Left: Inherited disorders such as albinism, manifested here in a bullfrog, have provided many insights about the genetic control of metabolism. Right: Gregor Mendel′s 19th–century work with pea plants elucidated the basic principles of inheritance. Third row, Left: Efforts to combat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, depend on knowing how the virus expresses its genes inside the cells of the immune system. Right: The fruit fly is ideally suited for studies on the genetic control of embryonic development and organ formation. Fourth row, Left: The identification of mutations that cause unregulated cell division facilitates the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer. Right: HeLa cells, derived in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks, a woman who died of cervical cancer, thrive in the laboratory and are used in research worldwide. Bottom row: The replication of chromosomes (left) is a prerequsite for cell division (right).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley and Sons (WIE)
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 047129800X
• ISBN 13: 9780471298007
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 896
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile