genetics books

	Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds: Sexual Selection, Behavior, Conservation, Embryology and Genetics (Reprductive Biology and Phylogeny)
	By: Barrie G. M. Jamieson ISBN: 157808444X Publisher: Science Pub Inc Release Date: March, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 637711	I recently turned to these two volumes to seek some general information about bird reproduction in order to explore a few comparative ideas emerging from my own work centered around sperm evolution, reproductive strategies and sexual selection. I could not help being drawn in, and ended up reading all (or at least specific sections of nearly all) chapters. Jamieson assembled an impressive team of authors for these volumes, and the result is uniquely complexioned and integrative coverage of bird reproductive biology. Scholarship generally runs high, with both historical and cutting edge coverage of many subjects. Jamieson's own contribution of an avian spermatozoa chapter is superb...virtually exhaustive treatment of a rather vast and (for me) daunting literature. It will serve as the point of departure for all future work on the subject. <br /> <br />The books themselves are high quality productions and richly illustrated. Given the large number of electron micrographs, histological illustrations and colored clades, etc., the care that went into book production really pays off, and leaves me concluding that these books are well worth the price. I easily recommend them as a necessary part of every university library, and encourage any biologist interested in birds - or more generally in comparative reproductive biology - to keep them on their shelf.
	Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation
	By: Thomas B. Smith, Robert K. Wayne ISBN: 019509526X Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 24 October, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1527922	This 28 chapter compilation does an excellent job of furthering the growing connection between the disciplines of population genetics, ecology, systematics and evolutionary biology with those of conservation biology and risk management.<p>Several contributing authors discuss a particular molecular technique and how it can be applied to a specific question in plant and animal conservation biology. Each chapter does an exceptional job in discussing the relative cost, time, advantages and disadvantages of using a specific molecular technique and its relevancy to a specific question. Additional chapters review approaches to analyzing molecular data and their utilization in several case studies. For each case study, authors provide hypotheses, detailed background description of the organism, the molecular technique which best suits the question pursued, elaborate discussion of the data, and finally, insight that has been gained from the study and can be utilized for further management and conservation. In depth discussion of how inferences can be made from molecular genetic data in defining a tangible "unit" for conservation in management programs makes this section the definitive strength of the volume.<p> This volume reinforces the notion that the largest threat to populations and species today is our little understanding of their environment and the protection it demands. This compilation successfully explores this topic in both theory and application and it defines the future of molecular approaches in conservation biology.
	Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy (Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies)
	By: Verna V. Gehring ISBN: 0742533352 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Release Date: February, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 1719648
	Genetic Fingerprinting: The Law and Science of DNA
	By: Gerald Sheindlin ISBN: 1887750045 Publisher: Rutledge Books Release Date: July, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1861923
	Human Molecular Genetics (October 2006, Volume 15)
	By: Oxford Journals ISBN: B000SZNMXO Publisher: Release Date: 2006 Bioscience book rank: 2148429
	Human Genetics
	By: Ricki Lewis ISBN: 0071107797 Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College Release Date: January, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1042008
	Medical Genetics (MEDICAL GENETICS)
	By: George Sack ISBN: 0070579989 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Release Date: 16 October, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 1584721	Medical Genetics is one of the best books I ever read dealing with this fascinating, though hard science called genetics. The book is very "user friendly" and has a lot of very useful pictures to explain difficult topics and processes. I recommend this book especially for medical students on their pre-clinical years who ought to understand genetics in its more clinical approach. This book does it best.
	Genetic Disorders Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Hereditary Diseases And Disorders (Health Reference Series) (Health Reference Series)
	By: Karen Bellenir ISBN: 0780807421 Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc. Release Date: 30 October, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 1734593
	Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Molecular Genetics, Biology, Diagnosis, and Management (Contemporary Hematology) (Contemporary Hematology)
	By: Guy B. Faguet ISBN: 1588290999 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 30 November, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1639743
	Genetic Transformation of Plants (Molecular Methods of Plant Analysis)
	By: J.F. Jackson, Hans F. Linskens ISBN: 3540002928 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 13 August, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1665658