This is the second edition of a highly successful textbook (over 50,000 copies sold) in which a highly illustrated, narrative text is combined with easy–to–use thoroughly reliable laboratory protocols. It contains a fully up to date collection of 12 rigorously tested and reliable lab experiments in molecular biology, developed at the internationally renowned Dolan DNA Learning Center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which culminate in the construction and cloning of a recombinant DNA molecule. Proven through more than 10 years of teaching at research and nonresearch colleges and universities, junior colleges, community colleges, and advanced biology programs in high school, this book has been successfully integrated into introductory biology, general biology, genetics, microbiology, cell biology, molecular genetics, and molecular biology courses. The first eight chapters have been completely revised, extensively rewritten, and updated. The new coverage extends to the completion of the draft sequence of the human genome and the enormous impact these and other sequence data are having on medicine, research, and our view of human evolution. All sections on the concepts and techniques of molecular biology have been updated to reflect the current state of laboratory research. The laboratory experiments cover basic techniques of gene isolation and analysis, honed by over 10 years of classroom use to be thoroughly reliable, even in the hands of teachers and students with no prior experience. Extensive prelab notes at the beginning of each experiment explain how to schedule and prepare, while flow charts and icons make the protocols easy to follow. As in the first edition of this book, the laboratory course is completely supported by quality–assured products from the Carolina Biological Supply Company, from bulk reagents, to useable reagent systems, to single use kits, thus satisfying a broad range of teaching applications.
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"Named after a term invented by the legendary James Watson and written like a storybook, DNA Science: A First Course is one stop shopping for an excellent molecular biology guide and lab manual for beginners. It is concocted uniquely as one part test that introduces the reader to the scientific concepts and one part well designed and tested laboratories in a friendly format." --Science Books & Films
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Great Intro to Genetic Science,
By Russifumi "Genetic Samurai" (Tucson) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DNA Science: A First Course, Second Edition (Hardcover)
This is the best single source of information on Genetic Science I have run across. Comprehensive from history, to theory, to lab practice. Highly recommended! Great illustrations and very clearly written. Its targeted to people with a serious interest in the field, definitely not for the "Genetic Science for Dummies" crowd.
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My High School Textbook,
By jC "noktrnlcrechur" (Northern VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DNA Science: A First Course, Second Edition (Hardcover)
This was used for my high school semester course "DNA Sci part 1" textbook used with Watson's Recombinant DNA textbook. DNA Science:A 1st Course, 2nd edi was useful in supplementing the updates in recent genetic advances and some newer, better graphic representations. I found this to be an easy textbook to read, although not intended for those without a biology and chemistry background since the book does not waste much ink on describing what should have already been learned. The other students in my class seemed to find this book to be a clear, understandable textbook as well.
A very good first course textbook that keeps a student (or any person) interested. Nice big, clear print as well. The laboratories were the standard same as in the Recombinant DNA textbook.
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Best Introduction to Genetics,
By Rish (Mumbai , India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DNA Science: A First Course, Second Edition (Hardcover)
Excellent Textbook.
This should be the first book that you should read before on to more advanced texts like Molecular Biology of the Gene.
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DNA SCIENCE WAS BORN ON APRIL 25, 1953, when James Watson and Francis Crick announced in the British journal Nature that they had determined the "double helix" structure of the DNA molecule. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
overnight suspension culture, other shallow tray, materials for this laboratory, reflame mouth, microfuge rotor, background ethidium bromide, disposable weigh boat, cell suspension spread, simple recombinant, cell spreader, dry shaker, spreading beads, ideal gel, bromophenol blue band, following published methods, negative black electrode, micropipettor tips, wear appropriate gloves, electrophoresis box, fresh tip, casting tray, plasmid spread, pipette aid, colony transformation, fraction spread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Laboratory Materials, Carolina Biological Supply Company, The Benjamin, Pearson Education Inc, Learning Center, World War, Cummings Publishing Company, Review Prelab Notes, University of California, National Institutes of Health, James Watson, Middle East, Review Responsible Handling of Ethidium Bromide, San Francisco, Sec Appendix, Stanford University, Washington University, Colony Transformation Kit, Lisa Shoemaker, Repeat Steps, Set Up Restriction Digest New!
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DNA SCIENCE WAS BORN ON APRIL 25, 1953, when James Watson and Francis Crick announced in the British journal Nature that they had determined the "double helix" structure of the DNA molecule. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
overnight suspension culture, other shallow tray, materials for this laboratory, reflame mouth, microfuge rotor, background ethidium bromide, disposable weigh boat, cell suspension spread, simple recombinant, cell spreader, dry shaker, spreading beads, ideal gel, bromophenol blue band, following published methods, negative black electrode, micropipettor tips, wear appropriate gloves, electrophoresis box, fresh tip, casting tray, plasmid spread, pipette aid, colony transformation, fraction spread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Laboratory Materials, Carolina Biological Supply Company, The Benjamin, Pearson Education Inc, Learning Center, World War, Cummings Publishing Company, Review Prelab Notes, University of California, National Institutes of Health, James Watson, Middle East, Review Responsible Handling of Ethidium Bromide, San Francisco, Sec Appendix, Stanford University, Washington University, Colony Transformation Kit, Lisa Shoemaker, Repeat Steps, Set Up Restriction Digest New!
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- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on page 10, page 17, and page 30
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 10, page 17, and page 30
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on page 10, page 17, and page 30
- The Double Helix by James D. Watson on page 2, and page 34
- The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson on page 2, and page 34
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