Science : Biology

About the Book: Endeavours to make this seemingly difficult subject understandable and enjoyable for the readers. It provides an account of classical and modern genetics with new developments in the field. The scope of each chapter has been broadened enough to provide information on historical landmarks as well as of new facts from current issues of major journals. Chapters on gene transcription, regulation, human genetics, recombinant DNA and genomics have been given special attention to create awareness about future areas in this growing field. Experimental work is supported by methodologies and illustrations. The text is useful for students pursuing courses in cell and molecular biology, biophysics, anthropology and agricultural sciences at universities, medical colleges and similar institutions. Contents: The Pre-Mendelian Era and Mendelism Interaction of Genes Environment and Gene Expression Quantitative or Polygenic Inheritance Multiple Alleles Cell Division and Chromosome Theory of Inheritance Chi-Square Test and Probability Linkage, Recombination and Gene Mapping Extranuclear Transmission of Traits The Genetic Control of Sex Variations in Chromosome Number Variations in Chromosome Structure Nature of the Genetic Material The Structure and Replication of DNA Gene Transcription and Translation into Proteins Genetic Regulation in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Genetics of Bacteria Genetics of Viruses The Eukaryotic Chromosome Mutations Human Genetics Fine Structure of the Gene Recombinant DNA Technology Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology Genomics Populations and Gene Frequencies Origin of Life-Evolution of Man more...

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Carnivores such as wolves and weasels, jackals and jaguars are loved by us for their beauty and their prowess as hunters, and simultaneously despised as stock-killers, man-eaters and competitors for food and space. This readable account by a renowned life-long naturalist explores the intricate relationships between people and predators. more...

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Considers from a biological perspective, the controversial issues of our day: abortion, euthanasia, engineered evolution, cooperativity, and the future of sustainable life on this planet. This book explains the biological research and reviews the insights into molecular and human evolution and the role of DNA sequences in determining traits. more...

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• Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli. They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year. more...

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In October 2004, a team of Australian and Indonesian anthropologists led by Mike Morwood and Raden Pandji Soejono stunned the world with their announcement of the discovery of the first example of a new species of human, Homo floresiensis , which they nicknamed the "Hobbit." This was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy, however, but a tool-using, fire-making, cooperatively hunting person. The more Morwood and his colleagues revealed about the find, the more astonishing it became: standing only three feet tall with brains a little larger than a can of cola, the Hobbits forced anthropologists and everyone to reconsider what it means to be human. Morwood's work was no ordinary academic exercise. Along the way he had to tread warily through the cultural landscape of Indonesia—he has an embarrassing mishap with some hard-to-chew pork—and he demonstrated that sometimes the life of a real archaeologist can be a bit like Indiana Jones's when he risked his neck in an ocean-going raft to experience how ancient Indonesians might have navigated the archipelago. Even more, Morwood had to navigate the rock shoals of an archaeological bureaucracy that could be obtuse and even spiteful, and when the Hobbits became embroiled in scientific controversy—as no find of such magnitude could avoid—it proved easy for Morwood to get nearly swamped with trouble. Finds were stolen and damaged, and the backbiting was fierce. But the light of science, once brightened, is difficult to dim, and the story of the indefatigable Morwood's fight to defend his find discovery is an inspiration. more...

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