genetics books

	Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics and Management
	By: L. Scott Mills ISBN: 1405121467 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Release Date: 22 December, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 482245	As a practicing wildlife biologist for 40 years, I found this new text to be an excellent review of the key elements of population biology that are pertinent to wildlife management and conservation. Mills cogently discusses numerous new issues in population biology that have developed since I completed my academic studies (such as climate change) and updates long-known issues (like predator-prey relationships) with new studies and thinking. The boxes describing real-world examples of the issues described in the text are very helpful. This books fills a needed gap between traditionally-oriented texts and practical applications. It would be an excellent text for intermediate-level wildlife biology or conservation biology courses and would be an important addition to the shelves of any biologist working to resolve conservation problems in the real world where wildlife and people interact. <br />Sterling Miller Ph.D. <br />Senior Wildlife Biologist <br />National Wildlife Fedration (Missoula) <br />& <br />Research Biologist (Retired) <br />Alaska Department of Fish and Game
	Neo-liberal Genetics: The Myths and Moral Tales of Evolutionary Psychology
	By: Susan McKinnon ISBN: 0976147521 Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press Release Date: 01 February, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 473845	A short, devastating book that takes on the "conventional wisdom" of evolutionary psychology as presented by Steven Pinker and his acolytes (as well as, increasingly, in the popular press and among the generally educated.) McKinnon is a fantastic writer, very clear, very "honest" (despite being in a discipline often considered part of the humanities, she has a scientist's respect for facts -- and makes a convincing case that, for all their pretentions to scientific rigor, the evolutionary psychologists often don't.) <br /> <br />If you've ever made an argument based on evolutionary psychology, or have found yourself intrigued by the claims made by the field to explain cultural phenomena (gender relations, religious traditions, economic behavior, etc.), you really owe it to yourself to read McKinnon's nuanced and currently unfashionable argument for the autonomy of culture over biology. <br /> <br />I can't recommend this book enough.
	Ramtha on Genetic Memory and the Sixth Sense: Soul Choice - CD-9303.1
	By: Ramtha ISBN: 1578732948 Publisher: Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Release Date: 01 February, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 393274
	Human Evolutionary Genetics: Origins, Peoples and Disease
	By: Matthew Hurles ISBN: 0815341857 Publisher: Garland Science Release Date: 09 December, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 477861	I ordered this book when I first began my research using DNA markers. I found it very easy to read and highly informative, even beyond my own interests. It's a great reference to have around and a must read for anyone working in the field of human genetics, both from a clinical or academic perspective. Its organization lends it suitable for a good textbook in an advanced evolutionary genetics course as well. Very up-to-date (msot references are from 2000 to 2003), <br />and well-written. <br /> <br />You will become an expert in this filed after studying this classic! <br /> <br />I bought a copy for myself, and another one for my advisor. <br /> <br />I have read it twice in a week! Clearly laid out like one of the classic undergraduate textbooks (e.g. Genes VII, Albers et al.), this is the only up-to-date introduction in the field. <p>The authors make great efforts to link advances in genetics to other fields (e.g. linguistics, anthropology), as well as to organise chapters around key issues such as the spread of agriculture, offering space to key authors in these associated fields. Bibliographic/website sources are also well documented.<p>Evidently, coverage is broad rather than deep, but if you need some basic background (e.g. I wanted to understand how Y-chromosome sequence data illuminated prehistoric migrations but needed some basic information on microsatellites) before proceeding to original papers, then this is the book for you.
	Genetics and Mental Retardation Syndromes: A New Look at Behavior and Interventions
	By: Elisabeth M. Dykens, Robert M. Hodapp, Brenda M. Finucane ISBN: 1557664714 Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company Release Date: July, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 645800	I needed this book for class and I recieved it in very good condition. I ordered all my books at the same time and this was the one I recieved the fastest.
	Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations
	By: Ilkka A. Hanski, Oscar E. Gaggiotti ISBN: 0123234484 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 26 February, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 219288
	Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future
	By: Rob DeSalle, Michael Yudell, American Museum of Natural History ISBN: 0471453315 Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 28 September, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 511898	i agree with another reviewer about the multicultural bias in the book. im strongly opposed to politics interfering with science, and for that i was tempted to give this book 1 star. a book by cavalli-sforza and a wealth of other evidence clearly document the existence of distinct human races. pity that left wing doctrine had to be infused into yet another work of scientific literature. additionally, eugenics is incorrectly interpreted with respect to the Holocaust. other books do justice to the topic of eugenics instead of branding it as evil as this book does; i heartily recommend them. eugenics is fascinating and is the ultimate aim of the study of human genetics--given that the latter is the topic of this book, its ironic and inappropriate for the authors to wholeheartedly denounce eugenics in the way laymen would. <br /> <br />aside from that, the book is really basic. anyone with some college level background in genetics and biotechnology will find himself quickly skimming through the book's entirety, like i did. for folks below college age or with little exposure to the subject matter, this book is good. its visually appealing and easy reading, also short. there was a neat do-it-yourself at home experiment at the end for viewing your own DNA. its just an extraction, for those of you in the know, but i didnt realize it could be performed so readily. <br /> <br />read the book if youre inexperienced with this but interested in it, and the same for younger ppl. just think critically about the politically touchy subjects rather than accepting them at face value. fearless authors would confront them head on, but after The Bell Curve fiasco its understandable that people would take the easy way out and offer up the usual PC science. consider Lawrence Summers (formerly) of Harvard If you need a quick overview to the current state of the art of genetic science and its applications, you'll find this book to be a useful text. I appreciated the succinct style and depth of presentation. <br /> <br />However, as one who follows the news on the ethics of genetic testing, I was annoyed by the authors' obvious bias towards the multicultural viewpoint. They champion the view that there is no genetic basis for race, baldly stating on page 131 that "commonly used ethnic and racial categories do not accurately reflect human genetic variation." The endnote to support this claim is a reference to a 1997 study. <br /> <br />Being a 2005 publication, the authors had both the opportunity and the duty to cite more recent, conflicting studies that support the opposing view, namely that genetic variations fall closely into traditional groupings of race. For example, see the February 2004 American Journal of Human Genetics article by Neil Risch of the Stanford University School of Medicine. <br /> <br />My point is that neither view is definitively supported at this stage of understanding of the genome, yet the authors present the issue as a settled question. Other, similarly-slanted statements throughout the book stain the authors otherwise readable presentation of the science and the ethical questions to which it gives rise.
	Student Study Guide/Solutions Manual to accompany Genetics
	By: Robert J. Brooker, Robert Brooker ISBN: 007284860X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Release Date: 23 April, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 625336
	Mathematical Population Genetics
	By: Warren J. Ewens ISBN: 0387201912 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 09 January, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 636754
	Evolution through Genetic Exchange
	By: Michael L. Arnold ISBN: 0199229031 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 07 December, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 714850