genetics books

	Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation)
	By: Carlos A. Coello Coello, Gary B. Lamont, David A. Van Veldhuizen ISBN: 0387332545 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 18 September, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 190007
	How Joyce Wrote Finnegans Wake: A Chapter-by-Chapter Genetic Guide (Irish Studies in Literature and Culture)
	By: Luca Crispi, Sam Slote ISBN: 0299218600 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Release Date: 16 February, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 762302	This book offers exactly what its subtitle declares - "a chapter-by-chapter genetic guide" to 'Finnegans Wake.' Of course, some chapters are grouped together because of their shared genetic history, and there are two essays on the first chapter of Book One - each of which offers different insights into the chapter's compositional history. <br /> <br />I'll admit that I wasn't a huge believer in genetic criticism before reading this book, but it has converted me to a large degree and I now believe wholeheartedly in the usefulness of the approach. At first I was suspicious that the Joyce industry needed a new approach and there are 28,000 notebook pages for FW, so genetic criticism had to be invented. I now realize that many sections of the Wake are so dense and abstruse as to almost require a genetic approach in order to unravel (to some degree) the polyvocality of the text. However, as Jean-Michel Rabate indicates in his essay, genetic criticism does not offer a key to the text as a whole, but like other critical appraoaches, provides a new way of reading the Wake - and thus a new method of investigation into the mysteries of meaning. Of course, due to the entropy of the Wake (and all texts), some ignorance always remains. <br /> <br />Surprisingly, many of the essays seem overly concerned with defending the validity of genetic criticism. Yet, some of the essays display the defects of the approach - they merely recite the genetic history of a certain chapter and look at changes between the different draft stages. I found those essays rote and uninteresting. <br /> <br />However, the best essays offer valuable insights into Joyce's compositional process and how it changes the ways one should "read" the book. For example, Jed Deppmann observes of Joyce's use of sources, if Joyce felt he needed to read all these books in order to write FW, how can the reader expect to read it without exposure to the same books? And the essays do demonstrate the importance of sources to FW and point out several interesting ones that play major and minor roles in the Wake's composition. <br /> <br />In the last essay, Finn Fordham observes that while the Wake may not present a linear narrative, genetic criticism reveals the linear narrative of Joyce's writing. Joyce himself emphasizes the compositional process throughout the published text of the Wake, a book that is truly about itself and how it writes itself. <br /> <br />This last is an important point in regard to genetic criticism, which perhaps overemphasizes the role of the author in Finnegans Wake. Joyce himself regarded the book as writing itself, and while we do not want to ignore Joyce's labor, we also do not want to simplify the author-text dynamic as one of creator-creation. As others have pointed out, what is interesting is not what material from the notebooks ended up in the published text of the Wake, but how the Wake began to work its way into the notebooks. <br /> <br />In any case, this collection of essays provides a wonderful introduction to Wakean genetic criticism. The introduction (to the Wake notebooks, the book's compositional history, and genetic criticism in general) is comprehensive and well-written. As with most essay collections, some essays are better than others, but most of them offer genuine insights into the Wake's genetic history that sheds light on one's reading of the book. Highly recommended. In this critical tour de force on modern literature's most distinctive tour de force, 15 leading Joyce scholars (including the two editors) enhance understanding of "Finnegan's Wake" by "genetic criticism [whose] goal might be to show how the published text came into being or to demonstrate how the earlier documents can illuminate the published text, or might be more a matter of studying the writing process itself." "Genetic" implies the psychic origination, the embryonic, cellular-like growth, and the fruition of Joyce's work; which all combined like the strands of DNA as a code bringing it about. The code is not a code as in "secret code," as if the scholars were attempting to--or even could--decipher the book; but rather a biological or physiological code, something like a personality, making for its cogency as a work of art and its polyglot elements. "Finnegan's Wake" has a cogency, but not a coherence; an unpredictable, ultimately unfathomable mix of elements which is not in the end gibberish. <br /> <br />The number of authors who know Joyce and "Finnegan's Wake" inside out try to shed new light on what is going on by moving "away from a strictly textual approach" to consider factors of Joyce's life, including books he read, and also the creative writing process. Joyce worked on the book from 1922 to 1939. Thus the effects of time in this lengthy period are also considered. The insights and commentary of this approach by the authors with a lifetime of scholarship on Joyce are richly rewarding for ones interested in this singular modern author and in the currents and new terrain of modern literature in general. <br />
	An Introduction to Forensic Genetics
	By: William Goodwin, Adrian Linacre, Sibte Hadi ISBN: 0470010258 Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 27 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 842557	Without a studied reading this would be a difficult book for most laymen: requires more than just a nodding acquaintance with genetics, but one should also have running in the background some idea of what "forensic" actually means. Nonetheless, this is a must read for people interested in just one of the many new sub-disciplines opening almost daily.
	Statistics in Human Genetics
	By: Pak Sham ISBN: 0340662417 Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication Release Date: November, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 745061	This is a good book on the state-of-art Human Genetics Statistics. However, first, the organization of the topics is not that systematical and is a bit chaotic, especially section on association analysis. The author just simply puts everything together without a clear connection among each part. Sometimes (actually most), the language is confusing. Large paragraphs were used try to clarify an issue, but appear to be the opposite to what one wishes. On the other hand, unfortunately, there are a lot a lot of TYPOs in the book! <br /> <br />My comment is: Don't deserve the price (actually it's going up!!!) and don't deserve a 'Bible' in the field! This is an excellent book covering all major areas of genetic epidemiology. Ideal for postrgraduate studies it is well structured and highly detailed. The only criticism would be is that the sections on association studies and segregation analysis are not overly strong, but then this reflects the states of those fields in comparison to linkage analysis
	Genetics Solutions Manual
	By: Jung H. Choi, Mark E. McCallum ISBN: 1429203536 Publisher: W. H. Freeman Release Date: 25 December, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 150258
	Abraham Lincoln's DNA and Other Adventures in Genetics
	By: Philip R. Reilly ISBN: 0879696494 Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Release Date: 01 March, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 189635	This fascinating book surveys the major facets of modern genetic research. Its various sections -- on biotechnology, social behavior, DNA in the courts and others -- are self-contained. This results in some repetition, but given the wealth of detail survyed, repetition is not unwelcome. Among the observations I found particularly intriguing are: the U.S. DoD operates the world's largest DNA databank; we will ultimately find the genes that contribute to manic-depression, but we will "map, clone and sequence" the genes that predispose to schizophrenia by 2005; the frequency of cystic fibrosis is a genetic puzzle and surprising (p. 214); Reilly finds virtually no evidence of individuals being denied access to medical coverage, or paying more for it, because of genetic testing (pg., 231-232); finally, efforts are underway to breen transgenic pigs more amenable to humans and vice-versa(!), to alter human bone marrow so as to make it more "pig-like." I came across this book while I was away at sleepaway camp for the first time at Vasser Collage. One of my older friends, Ashley, was reading this book and I got interested. I spent my remaning [$$$] on this book, and let me tell you! This book is so much more than just a textbook, it helped me explore, for the first time, the world of DNA. Now I am usinf this book for a biography of Abraham Lincoln, and its helping drasticly. Now I am even more sure that when I grow up, I want to be an epidemiologest. If I could choose any book for a favorite, this would be mine! I would highly recomend this book for anyone whose careeer path is similar to mine, of anyone skilled in the medical feild, or anyone looking for a long, interesting, read. A very interesting book about DNA, genetics, clones and ethics. Each chapter in this book is a thrilling tale about something like fragile X-es, double Y's, the sheep Dolly or the Cheddar Man. <br /> <br />The painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the dwarfish son of first cousins, who may have suffered from a hereditary dwarfism. <br />Abraham Lincoln, however, was an uncommonly tall man. His height may be a sign that he had a genetic disorder known as "Marfan Syndrome". In 1962, the syndrome was diagnosed in an 8th-generation descendant of the great-great grandfather of the president. The most serious health problem Lincoln could also have been predisposed to depression, because major depressive illness has a significant hereditary component. <br />Well-known genetic diseases in royal families are the madness of King George and the bleeders among Queen Victoria's descendants. The son of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, was one of those bleeders. Nicholas and his family were executed and recently DNA techniques were used to identify their bones. <br />
	Transmission and Population Genetics
	By: Benjamin Pierce ISBN: 0716783878 Publisher: W. H. Freeman Release Date: 09 January, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 758069
	Modern Genetic Analysis & Student CD-ROM: Integrating Genes and Genomes
	By: Anthony J.F. Griffiths ISBN: 0716747146 Publisher: W. H. Freeman Release Date: 15 March, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 605980	This book takes a while to get to the point and has a tendency to repeat itself. Aside from all the digressions and redundancy, not a bad read. I'm very impressed with the excercises in the end of every chapter. The excercises are fun and not too difficult.<br>The material is very well illustrated. Again, good work . Genetics has traditionally been taught with the topics in historical order, starting with Mendel and only later reaching molecular genetics. However, it is much more logical to explain Mendelian genetics in the context of molecular genetics. (No other science abandons a logical building-up of concepts in return for historical chronology!) Griffiths and colleagues are the first to write a text with this preferable and long-overdue approach. Their overall organization is the best that I've seen. While many of the chapters are very well written, there are some parts of the book that are substandard and hopelessly jumbled, such as the chapter on mutational mechanisms and DNA repair. As this is a first edition, I am optimistic that these problems will be ironed out in the second edition. Another criticism is that the figures are adequate but not outstanding; the artists should take lessons from their colleagues who worked on Genetics: From Genes to Genomes by Hartwell and colleagues. Despite its drawbacks, I prefer this text to others that are available.
	Forest Genetics
	By: T.L. White, W.T. Adams, D.B. Neale ISBN: 0851993486 Publisher: CABI Release Date: 15 June, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 854422
	Robinson's Genetics for Cat Breeders and Veterinarians
	By: Carolyn M. Vella, Lorraine M. Shelton, John J. McGonagle, Terry W. Stanglein ISBN: 0750640693 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Release Date: 15 October, 1999 Bioscience book rank: 710084	it was on back order from another place, i finally got it and its this little book......not worth the wait, was upset about all the stuff i knew already was in it, it was supposed to be this great book......if you already have an understanding for genetics and diseases then dont bother paying for this book. for the novice person, its a little over whelming i think....informational for them but not for me. The authors of Robinsons' Genetics for Cat Breeders and veterinarains are two breeders who have written on breeding and showing (Vella and McGonagle), a geneticist (Shelton) and a practicing veterinarian (Stanglein). This book simply and directly covers the subject of genetics, incorporating the lastest scientific advances, while at the same time reflecting the practical knowledge of experienced breeders. <p>The whole subject of genetics is covered: principles of heredity; breeding systems and inbreeding; coat and color inheritance; color variations; breeds; and genetic anomolies. The heart of this book is the material on breeding systems and practices, and selective breeding and inbreeding. The evaluation of cats for breeding purposes and comparisons between possible mates are explored in considerable depth. The chapter on genetic anomolies is up-to-date and quite comprehensive. <p>The new Fourth Edition is good news for all serious fanciers. Not only does it continue Robinson's work, it actually makes the best guide to feline genetics better! This is a very straightforward book which details every aspect of feline genetics. It is very readable and informative on the facts and also on breeding theories. The writers coming from four different disciplines is helpful, along with a glossary which explains the terminology. It would be a very good investment for an experienced person or novice breeder (me).