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Reticulate Evolution and Humans
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 129.99Reticulate Evolution and Humans is the first book to describe the effect of genetic exchange on the origin and evolution of our own species as well as those species with which we have and continue to interact closely, both evolutionarily and culturally. After demonstrating how genetic exchange has affected H. sapiens, the book goes on to describe how... more...
Living with Our Genes
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 18.00"A lucid, thought-provoking account of the case for 'nature' as a determinant of personality." ?Peter D. Kramer, Author of Listening to Prozac and Should You Leave? Nowhere is the nature-nuture controversy being more arduously tested than in the labs of world-renowned molecular scientist Dean Hamer, whose cutting-edge research has indisputably... more...
Mutants
Penguin Group US 2005; US$ 13.99Visit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http://armandleroi.com/index.html Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it?a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer?s... more...
Probability and Mathematical Genetics
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 68.00Leading authorities cover a wide range of currently topical problems in probability and mathematical genetics. more...
Climbing Mount Improbable
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableHow could such an intricate object as the human eye - so complex and so precise - have come about by chance? In this masterful piece of popular science, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adapatation as the force behind all life on earth. The metaphor of 'Mount Improbable' represents the combination of... more...
The Rough Guide to Genes & Cloning
Rough Guides Ltd 2007; Not AvailableWhat exactly is a gene? How does cloning actually work? Are designer babies a bad idea? Could we ever clone a human? The Rough Guide To Genes & Cloning answers all these questions and more. From the inside story of cells and their structure and the sleuths who cracked the genetic code to DNA cloning, twins and Dolly the sheep. Illustrated throughout... more...
50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Quercus 2009; US$ 6.99A fascinating and accessible introduction to the key ideas of genetics more...
Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 100.00Wide-ranging in coverage, this book outlines current knowledge and complex emerging topics in the evolution of plants and their pollinators. more...
A Guinea Pig's History Of Biology
Random House 2012; US$ 12.00The triumphs of recent biology - understanding hereditary disease, the modern theory of evolution - are all thanks to the fruit fly, the guinea pig, the zebra fish and a handful of other organisms, which have helped us unravel one of life's greatest mysteries - inheritance. Jim Endersby traces his story from Darwin hand-pollinating passion flowers... more...
Genome Organization And Function In The Cell Nucleus
Wiley 2012; US$ 158.00By way of its clear and logical structure, as well as abundant highresolution illustrations, this is a systematic survey of the players and pathways that control genome function in the mammalian cell nucleus. As such, this handbook and reference ties together recently gained knowledge from a variety of scientific disciplines and approaches, dissecting... more...









