genetics books

	Genetics of Adaptation (Georgia Genetics Review)
	By: Rodney Mauricio ISBN: 1402034768 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 30 March, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1080634
	Student Handbook, Solutions Manual and Art Notebook: Concepts of Genetics, 6th Edition
	By: Harry Nickla ISBN: 0130844365 Publisher: Prentice Hall Release Date: January, 1999 Bioscience book rank: 1064566
	Anthropology and the New Genetics (New Departures in Anthropology)
	By: Gísli Pálsson ISBN: 0521671744 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 27 August, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 515168	In 1998 Iceland reportedly sold its Viking genes to deCODE Genetics, who planned to crosslink genetic, medical, and genealogical data to pinpoint genes that cause disease. In Anthropology and the New Genetics, Gisli Palsson compares the resulting international outcry to the fog that covered Europe when an Icelandic volcano erupted in 1783--few knew what the fog signified, but everyone had an opinion. Palsson, instead, climbed the volcano: He spent months at deCODE learning about genes and gene hunters, then analyzed the public debate. His wide-ranging and thorough study examines our use of maps, trees, banks, blueprints, birthmarks, the "book of life," and other metaphors and shows how they color our understanding of human history and diversity, citizenship and belonging, kinship and identity, privacy and consent, and, ultimately, of what it means to be human.--Nancy Marie Brown, co-author of Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist Looks at Genetically Modified Foods
	Genetics Obstetrics & Gynecology
	By: Joe Leigh Simpson, Sherman Elias ISBN: 0721641644 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 15 August, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 454463
	The Zebrafish: Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, Volume 77, Second Edition (Methods in Cell Biology)
	By: III, H. William Detrich, Leonard I. Zon, Monte Westerfield ISBN: 0125641729 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 10 November, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 990675
	Intelligence, Race, and Genetics: Conversations with Arthur R. Jensen
	By: Arthur Robert Jensen, Frank Miele ISBN: 081334008X Publisher: Westview Press Release Date: 05 November, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 490521	Great book/interview/introduction to Dr. Jensen's work. Miele has done a masterful job presenting a human side to the too-often vilified caricature of Dr. Jensen. Anyone (e.g., admirers and antagonists, alike) who reads it will learn something new about one of psychology's most fascinating scientists, and, personally, I think it should be a mandated read for any Introduction to Intelligence course. Intelligence, Race, and Genetics spends a lot of time on the scientist Arthur Jensen's opinions and what his agenda or ideology may be. Some questions are along the line of, "Have you ever been associated with, or now a member of a Neo-Nazi organization?" The silliness aside, one comes to the conclusion that Jensen is hesitant to say what the political implications of what his race and IQ research will be. He is mostly interested in doing accurate science, no matter whether the conclusions are politically convenient or not.<p>One gets the impression that public policy problems can't be solved unless the solutions are backed by good, accurate science. You can't solve such problems by wishing that problems and solutions fit a liberal ideology. Otherwise, you'll keep spending money on programs that don't work. <p>I gleaned a few of his opinions from the book. He still believes in integration, but favors a more individualistic education system with less government control. Vituperative attacts from liberals don't bother him as much as winning approval from people who have their prejudices confirmed by his research. (Although I can't see how an opinion based on scientific research can be called merely a prejudice.) He does not think that mass third world immigration to America will benefit this country. An ethical and voluntary eugenics program would benefit this country, but reducing world population growth is his first concern.<p>This book is a nice complement to The Bell Curve, the classic on hereditarian science. Some of the technical explanations of how Jenson comes to his conclusions may be hard to understand for the layman. Jenson puts science first above politics in his research, I don't know if we can say the same for other academics. <br /> <br />Frank Miele (the author) acts as a "devil's advocate" in this book, as he interviews psychologist Arthur R. Jensen, who is a well-known geneticist. Miele says, in his preface, <br /> <br /> "In this book, I skeptically cross-examine Arthur R. Jensen on Jensenism' how and why he believes the scientific evidence is even stronger today that: <br /> <br />"'IQ is real, biological, and highly genetic, and not just some statistic or the result of educational, social, economic, or cultural factors: <br /> <br />"race is a biological reality, not a social construct; and, most controversially of all, <br /> <br />"the cause of the 15-point average IQ difference between Blacks and Whites in the United States is partly genetic.'" <br /> <br />Jensen went from being a highly respected but little-known educational psychologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until he was solicited, in 1969, to write a 123-page article for the prestigious Harvard Educational Review which began with the opening sentence, "Compensatory education has been tried and it apparently has failed." With that article he became a highly controversial figure because of his contention, which runs counter to the institutionalized politically correct view among social scientists, that heredity is of more importance than environmental factors in determining human intelligence. <br /> <br />Jensen, no racist by any stretch of the imagination, demonstrates throughout this book "the interviews which were conducted through e-mail" mainly through statistical analysis and other valid research methodology, the care with which he had arrived at his tentative conclusions. <br /> <br />As with The Bell Curve, by Herrnstein and Murray, The Blank Slate, by Steven Pinker, and Race Evolution and Behavior, by J. Philippe Rushton, all scholarly, well-researched books on similar subject matter, the advocates of the more politically correct view that the races may differ in virtually every other respect except intellectually, are attacking the message by attempting to kill the messenger. <br /> <br />The interviews that comprise this book are just short of hostile to Dr. Jensen in their tone, never granting agreement or accord, and with every answer, no matter how persuasive, the author merely changes the direction of attack. In fact, in the beginning, he announces his skepticism. <br /> <br />But, Dr. Jensen more than holds his own. The e-mail interview method seems to be a good one, since obviously both parties are enabled to be precise in their quotes and double-check everything before sending the question or answer. <br /> <br />We are given little information about the author, Frank Miele, except that he is a senior editor of Skeptic magazine, that his articles have appeared on "many web-pages," and that he lives in Sunnyvale, California, with his Great Dane dog, Payce. However, his questions of Dr. Jensen seem relevant and well-researched. The book is important, however, only because of Dr. Jensen's answers, which are invariably direct, careful, and backed up with very persuasive data and statistics. It is a veritable education in statistical methodology. <br /> <br />If you are interested in this subject matter, I consider this book indispensable to your library. <br /> <br />Joseph (Joe) Pierre <br />Author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance <br />And other books <br /> <br />
	Flower Breeding and Genetics: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
	By: Neil O. Anderson ISBN: 1402065698 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 16 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 417879
	Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics: With Student CONSULT Online Access
	By: Peter Turnpenny, Sian Ellard ISBN: 0702029173 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Release Date: 09 July, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 800741	Punching your keyboard and pressing search would give you more information and understanding than this waste of time book.
	Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations (Conservation Biology)
	By: Andrew G. Young, Geoffrey M. Clarke ISBN: 0521794218 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 13 November, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 880501	This book is a very important contribution to the understanding of the fragmented populations including forest trees. It will help to know more about the viability and survival of species under deforested and human affected environments. Provides new updated biological information to help in the management of fragmented forests.
	Cerebrovascular Diseases (Pathology & Genetics)
	By: Hannu Kalimo ISBN: 3952231347 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Release Date: 30 June, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 356615