genetics books

	Genetic Engineering (Contemporary World Issues)
	By: Harry LeVine, Mildred Vasan ISBN: 1851098607 Publisher: ABC-CLIO Release Date: 18 August, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1042909
	Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 60: The Zebrafish: Genetics and Genomics (Methods in Cell Biology, Vol 60)
	By: III, H. William Detrich, Leonard I. Zon, Monte Westerfield ISBN: 0122121724 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 15 January, 1999 Bioscience book rank: 1116041
	Genetic Algorithms in Electromagnetics
	By: Randy L. Haupt, Douglas H. Werner ISBN: 0471488895 Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press Release Date: 10 April, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1035008
	Altering the Blueprint: The Ethics of Genetics [A University-Level Course]
	By: Alexander McCall-Smith, Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 076075019X Publisher: Barnes and Noble Release Date: 2004 Bioscience book rank: 991025	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />Reproduction is a process fundamental to every known species, so it is no surprise that human beings, perhaps the most self-reflective of all specieis, spend so much time thinking about the implications of creating life anew. In this intriguing series of lectures, Professor Alexander McCall Smith explores the startling, and occasionally unsettling, ethical choices that humans face now that medical technology has made it possible to guide the hand of creation with increasing levels of precision and purpose. <br /> <br />This University-Level course on 8 CDs includes 14 riveting 25-minute lectures by the well-respected McCall Smith, a Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as a book-length course guide. <br /> <br />Here is a sampling of titles from the collection of 14 lectures: <br />- When Does Life Begin - the Human Embryo <br />- Hard Choices: Ethics in Intensive Care <br />- Cloning: I Want Them to Take After Me <br />- A Boy Please: Sex Selection <br />- Abortion? <br />- Life-Boat Ethics: Population Control <br />- Science as a Father <br /> <br />'Altering the Blueprint' is from the Portable Professor Series: recordings by some of today's most renowned university and college professors. <br />
	Linear Genetic Programming (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation)
	By: Markus F. Brameier, Wolfgang Banzhaf ISBN: 0387310290 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 11 December, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 378861
	Grammatical Evolution: Evolutionary Automatic Programming in an Arbitrary Language (Genetic Programming)
	By: Michael O'Neill, Conor Ryan ISBN: 1402074441 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 01 May, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1004989
	Pastoral Genetics: Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life
	By: Ronald Cole-Turner, Brent Waters ISBN: 0829810773 Publisher: Pilgrim Press Release Date: September, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1108005	Pastoral Genetics deals with the reality of making choices about prenatal testing and its ramifications in a Christian context. While the book is aimed mostly at clergy it is easily followed by the lay person. The book does a good job in presenting all sides of the issues without blatantly offering the author's opinion. Some of the theological arguments are somewhat vauge or confusing, but tolerable reading if you are interested in the subject.
	ABC of Clinical Genetics (ABC Series)
	By: Helen M. Kingston ISBN: 0727916270 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Release Date: 28 February, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1116343
	The Gene Illusion: Genetic Research In Psychiatry And Psychology Under The Microscope
	By: Jay Joseph ISBN: 0875863434 Publisher: Algora Publishing Release Date: August, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 939054	The author is to be congratulated for what is an incredibly thorough, comprehensive, and well researched book on a controversial topic. It is amazing the depth of research and investigation he has undertaken, in order to set the record straight - namely, that studies which purport to 'prove' that mental illnesses are genetic in origin, are often shonky and need to be critically re-appraised. Far too often, people assume that just because something appears in a scientific journal, then it must necessarily be factual and free from bias. Dr Joseph has shown this not to be the case when twin and adoption studies are used to try and prove the genetic basis of mental illnesses. I thought my limited knowledge of genetics, biology, and heredity may have made it difficult for me to read this book, but that was not the case. It is well written, with all the technical terms clearly explained. Among the many books that expose pretensions of the genetic enterprise and its social consequences, Jay Joseph's book is unique. It takes apart the science and methodology of the most-cited psychiatric science, the demonstration in schizophrenia twin studies of genetic influences on behavior. Joseph's tone toward his material is sober and respectful, which only highlights his painstaking, unrelenting, and ultimately devastating analysis of ideas that have posed as science for over 100 years. <br />Joseph's scholarship is original, comprehensive, and even finicky; and occasionally there is even passion. Joseph's book is so good in my view that it can claim fresh status as the definitive scientific account of the twin studies. And anyone from now on who ignores this account when discussing these studies should be judged accordingly. <br />To shake off the vestiges of reductionist science and eugenics, this is the book.
	Molecular Markers in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology
	By: Dominique De Vienne, Dominique De Vienne ISBN: 1578082390 Publisher: Science Publishers Release Date: February, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1171903