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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.
Sommario
- 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
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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.
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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.
Testo aggiuntivo
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.
