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The most up-to-date and complete textbook for first time genomics students,
Introduction to Genomics offers a fascinating insight into how organisms differ or match; how different organisms evolved; how the genome is constructed and how it operates; and what our understanding of genomics means in terms of our future health and wellbeing.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Introduction and background
- 2: The Human Genome Project: achievements and applications
- 3: Bioinformatics
- 4: Classical genetics, mapping and sequencing
- 5: Evolution and genomic change
- 6: Comparative genomics
- 7: Genomes of prokaryotes and viruses
- 8: Genomes of eukaryotes
- 9: Genomics and anthropology: human evolution, Migration, and domestication of plants and animals
- 10: The impact of genomics on human health and disease
- 11: Transcriptomics
- 12: Proteomics
- 13: Metabolomics
- 14: Systems biology
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Arthur M. Lesk is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Arthur received the Carl Brändén award from the Protein Society in 2023.
Zusammenfassung
The most up-to-date and complete textbook for first time genomics students, Introduction to Genomics offers a fascinating insight into how organisms differ or match; how different organisms evolved; how the genome is constructed and how it operates; and what our understanding of genomics means in terms of our future health and wellbeing.
Zusatztext
It's the best textbook that I have reviewed for upper-level undergraduates. It has good basic coverage of human aspects, databases, and comparative genomics. I like the questions and problems at the end of the chapters.
