Responding to the immense changes due to recent development in research, Genomes is the first in a generation of molecular genetics books which combine standard molecular biology with more contemporary genomics. This book focuses on genome organization, expression, replication, and evolution, and includes a description of applications for molecular ecology and anthropology, reflecting the impact of genome biology on other fields of study.
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This undergraduate textbook concentrates on the study of the genome (the total genetic makeup of an organism) as a whole rather than the traditional approach of studying specific genes. The writing is clear and straightforward, and the diagrams are excellent, making difficult topics like DNA sequencing, RNA replication, and genomic evolution, mutation, and recombination approachable and understandable.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"The writing is clear and straightforward, and the diagrams are excellent, making difficult topics...approachable and understandable." (Library Journal), November 1999
From back cover: "...the essential textbook for all undergraduates studying genetics and molecular biology." (Primate-Science, December 2001)
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Excellent General Overview of Genomics,
By Andy Baxevanis (Bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews
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I found that "Genomes" provides the reader with a thorough yet gentle introduction to the field -- ample illustrations, well-written text, frequent sidebars describing relevant techniques or developments. I've found the book to be a good reference to have on the shelf, and have purchased copies for people when they join my lab group in order to introduce them to or refamiliarize themselves with the technologies underlying the generation of sequence data. I can very easily see this book being used to supplement lectures in an introductory course on genomics and biotechnology.
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Genomes vs Genes,
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Genomes is a very good text and suits my Molecular Biology course perfectly.Whereas Lewin's Genes is didactically poor and full of mistakes, Genomes is clear, concise and extremely well-organised.
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Review in Heredity (vol 83, Sept 99),
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"This is a superb textbook for modern molecular biology. The set-up of the book is very reader-friendly. Everything is cross-referenced, which is enormously helpful. Another nice aspect of the book is the small, digestible sections separate from the main body of text. Overall Brown's book is an excellent textbook that provides a thorough account of what is known about Genomes today."
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LIFE AS WE KNOW IT is specified by genomes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
granddaughter molecules, partial restriction products, clone contig approach, daughter polynucleotide, clone fingerprinting technique, directed shotgun approach, tudor domain, eukaryotic nuclear genes, programmed mutations, genome activity, cyclobutyl dimers, central tetramer, baseless site, core octamer, nucleotide excision repair process, hybridization probing, signaling compound, homeotic selector genes, molecular combing, productive initiations, closed promoter complex, eukaryotic nuclear genomes, gene expression pathway, sequencing phase, reconstructed tree Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Technical Note, Trends Biochem, Trends Genet, Research Briefing, Scientific Publishers, New York, Natl Acad, Cold Spring Harbor, Human Molecular Genetics, Macmillan Magazines Limited, Academic Press, Andrew Travers, Nature Genet, Cell Biol, Nod Acad, Nucleic Acids Res, Old World, Parental Recombinant, Stop Trp, Advanced Molecular Biology, Concise Reference, Maynard Smith, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Oxford University Press, Trends Biochern New!
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LIFE AS WE KNOW IT is specified by genomes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
granddaughter molecules, partial restriction products, clone contig approach, daughter polynucleotide, clone fingerprinting technique, directed shotgun approach, tudor domain, eukaryotic nuclear genes, programmed mutations, genome activity, cyclobutyl dimers, central tetramer, baseless site, core octamer, nucleotide excision repair process, hybridization probing, signaling compound, homeotic selector genes, molecular combing, productive initiations, closed promoter complex, eukaryotic nuclear genomes, gene expression pathway, sequencing phase, reconstructed tree Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Technical Note, Trends Biochem, Trends Genet, Research Briefing, Scientific Publishers, New York, Natl Acad, Cold Spring Harbor, Human Molecular Genetics, Macmillan Magazines Limited, Academic Press, Andrew Travers, Nature Genet, Cell Biol, Nod Acad, Nucleic Acids Res, Old World, Parental Recombinant, Stop Trp, Advanced Molecular Biology, Concise Reference, Maynard Smith, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Oxford University Press, Trends Biochern New!
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- Human Molecular Genetics, Third Edition by Tom Strachan on 7 pages
- Molecular Biology of the Cell 3E by Bruce Alberts on 4 pages
- Advanced Molecular Biology: A Concise Reference by Richard Twyman on 4 pages
- BIOS Instant Notes in Molecular Biology by Phil Turner on page 35, page 169, and page 230
- Gene Structure and Transcription (In Focus) by Trevor Beebee on page 193, and page 230
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