Scientific Computing, Genetics, Genetics - General and Miscellaneous, Biochemistry - General & Miscellaneous, Biology - Biotechnology
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Overview
Provides an overview of the rapidly evolving field of genomics with coverage of nucleic acid technologies, proteomics and bioinformatics. It includes chapters on applications in human health, agriculture and comparative genomics and also contains two chapters on the legal and ethical issues of genomics, a topic that is becoming increasingly important as genomics moves out of the laboratory into practical applications.
Editorials
Comprising 18 chapters, this textbook and anthology provides an overview of nucleic acids technologies, proteomics, and bioinformatics, with an emphasis on model organisms. Applications to human health agriculture, and comparative genomics are discussed. Legal and ethical issues are also considered. Charts, diagrams, and other images support the text. The contributors include scientists from Europe, North America, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Book Details
Published
April 9, 2002
Publisher
Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2002.
Pages
442
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9783527305414