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By: UNKNOWN ISBN: 0030504783 Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Release Date: 1998 Bioscience book rank: 1287721
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By: Shinji Tsuyumu, JAPAN-U. S. SCIENCE SEMINAR ON PLANT-PATH ISBN: 0890543232 Publisher: American Phytopathological Society Release Date: 30 December, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1336920
| The collaborative work of editors and contributors Shinji Tsuyumu (Shizuoka University, Japan), Jan E. Leach (Kansas State University), Tomonori Shiraishi (Okayama University, Japan), and Thomas Wolpert (Oregon State University), Genomic And Genetic Analysis Of Plant Parasitism And Defense is a compilation of the articles and essays that were presented at the 9th Japan/U.S. Science Seminar on Plant-Pathogen Interactions, held the week of November 2, 2003 in Shizuoka, Japan. This seminar had as it focus a genome-wide analyses and the use of large-scale, high throughput genomic tools in combination with classic genetic tools and resources to decipher the molecular basis of plant-microbe interactions. Representing the cutting edge of research, Genomic And Genetic Analysis Of Plant Parasitism And Defense is a seminal work and a strongly recommended addition to professional, corporate, academic, and governmental Agricultural Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
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By: David Wasserman, Robert Wachbroit ISBN: 0521627281 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 15 February, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1044819
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By: Sylvia Louise Engdahl ISBN: 0737732563 Publisher: Greenhaven Press Release Date: 13 June, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1332658
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By: Edward A. Birge ISBN: 0387239197 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 08 December, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1150026
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By: Arjun Makhijani ISBN: 1891843125 Publisher: Apex Pr Release Date: December, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1356586
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By: Daniel A. Pollen ISBN: 0195106520 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 18 July, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1108234
| The cover of this book gave me reason to expect that it would focus on the story of a family afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and the transmission of the disease through the generations. Instead, the majority of the book reads like a gigantic journal article. The author (a doctor) throws in a mere smattering of human interest here and there, but it's simply not enough to make the story interesting. I am not incapable of reading scientific writing, but page after page of it, as if it were a story in itself, is incredibly tedious.
I consider this to be one of the scariest books I have ever read--terrifying becaust it is true. The people in this family are afflicted with an autosomal (not sex-linked) dominant gene for early-onset Alzheimer's Disease. I can imagine few things more nightmarish than growing up in a family in which you fear that you could start losing your mental faculties at age 42--as many of your relatives already have.<p>The scientific research and family genealogical history that made this book possible are fascinating to read about. This is a thoroughly riveting book. |
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By: Frederic Lawrence Holmes, William C. Summers ISBN: 0300110782 Publisher: Yale University Press Release Date: 21 June, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1092482
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By: Carlos .E. Catalano ISBN: 0306482274 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 19 May, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1257532
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By: Margretta Reed Seashore ISBN: 0838531288 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co Release Date: 15 January, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1212710
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