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Wild emmer is the progenitor of most cultivated wheats and thus an important source of wheat improvement. This book draws the results from multidisciplinary studies on the ecological, genetic, genomic, agronomic, and evolutionary aspects of wild emmer, conducted at many labs around the world.
It is divided into the following parts: Origin and Evolution of Wheat - Population Genetics of Wild Emmer Wheat at the Protein and DNA Levels - Genetic Resources of Wild Emmer for Wheat Improvement - Genome Organization and Genetic Mapping - Conclusions and Prospects.
The authors describe the evolution of wild emmer as a model organism of a selfer in evolutionary biology, and its rich potential genetic resources for wheat improvement. ... Read more

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(Horizon Press) Takes a practical look at what the web has to offer in this field. Four parts cover molecular databases, genomic research, online analysis tools, and general resources. For bioscientists, molecular biologists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, and genome scientists. ... Read more

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Great Resource!
As a person interested in learning more about genomic databases available on the internet, I found this book to be a handy and irreplaceable guide.I've read it cover to cover numerous times, and continually find more interesting tidbits of information.This book is superbly written and the subtle humor makes it enjoyable!I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the subject! ... Read more

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Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are useful to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny. Genetic and physical maps of genomes further provide precise details on chromosomal location, function, expression and regulation of academically and economically important genes. The series "Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals" provides comprehensive and up-to-date reviews on genomic research on a large variety of selected animal systems, contributed by leading scientists from around the world.

Insects and other arthropods, the largest group of animals in number of species, have global impact on agriculture, industry, human health and environment. They are of particular economic importance for food production as pollinators, for natural products like silk and also as pests and parasites. Arthropods covered in this volume include honeybee, bumblebee, the parasitic Jewel Wasp, silkworm, pea aphid, mosquito, Hessian fly and tick.

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This digital document is an article from Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World, published by American Society of Agricultural Engineers on May 1, 2010. The length of the article is 756 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: In Brief: The completion of a high-quality sequence of the maize (corn) genome was announced as a cover story of Science. This new genome sequence reports the sequence of genes in maize and provides a detailed physical map of the maize genome. This map identifies the order in which genes are located along each of maize's ten chromosomes and the physical distances between those genes.

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Title: New, high-quality maize genome sequence will advance basic and applied research.(update)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2010
Publisher: American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Volume: 17Issue: 3Page: 24(2)

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This digital document is an article from UXL Complete Life Science Resource, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1663 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Features alphabetically arranged entries on theories, concepts, and scientific discoveries and developments pertinent to the study of life science in schools today. Also featured is a chronology of discoveries and a report topic section that suggests a range of research topics and experiement ideas. ... Read more

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The Guide to Human Genome Computing is invaluable to scientists who wish to make use of the powerful computing tools now available to assist them in the field of human genome analysis. This book clearly explains access and use of sequence databases, and presents the various computer packages used to analyze DNA sequences, measure linkage analysis, compare and align DNA sequences from different genes or organisms, and infer structural and functional information about proteins from sequence data.
This Second Edition contains completely updated material. Rather than a revision of the previous volume, the Second Edition is essentially a new book, based on the subjects which will be of interest over the coming years. This new book is international, both in scope and authorship.

Computing resources for the following are clearly explained:
* Internet resources - databases etc.
* Genetic analysis
* Sib-pair studies
* Comparative mapping
* Radiation hybrids
* Sequence ready clone maps
* Human genome sequencing
* ESTs
* Gene prediction
* Gene expression ... Read more

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The human genome is a well known symbol of scientific and technological progress in the 21st century. However, concerns about the exacerbation of inequalities between the rich and the poor, the developing and the developed states, the healthy and the unhealthy are causing problems for the progress of scientific research. The international community is moving towards a human rights approach in addressing these concerns.

Such an approach will be piecemeal and ineffective so long as fundamental issues about economic, social and cultural rights, the so-called second generation of human rights, are not addressed. This book argues that, in order to be able to meaningfully apply a human rights framework to the governance of the human genome, the international human rights framework should be based on a unified theory of human rights where the distinction between positive and negative rights is set aside.

The book constructs a common heritage concept with the right to development at its core and explores the content of the right to development through rational human rights theory. It is argued that the notion of property rights in the human genome should be placed within the context of protecting human rights, including the right to development. The concept of common heritage of humanity, contrary to the widely held belief that it is in opposition to patenting of gene sequences, supports human rights-based conceptions of property rights.

This book fills a gap in the literature on international legal governance of the human genome will provide an essential reference point for research into the right to development, development issues in bioethics, the role of international institutions in law making and research governance.

This is book nine in the Genetics of Society book series. It is vital to promote this book via the Cavendish list

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Genomics is a rapidly growing scientific field with applications ranging from improved disease resistance to increased rate of growth. Aquaculture Genome Technologies comprehensively covers the field of genomics and its applications to the aquaculture industry. This volume looks to bridge the gap between a basic understanding of genomic technology to its practical use in the aquaculture industry. ... Read more

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In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information.

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Fascinating Book on a Totally New Concept
Every once in a while a book come at you totally out of the blue. This is one.

Suppose you have a plant, corn let's say. Someone then delivers to you another variety of corn that has some valuable characteristic: resistance to disease, ability to grow with less water or in a salty soil. But the new corn doesn't produce as high a yield as the corn you have. You take this new variety, isolate the gene that provides this capability and merge it with your older variety to produce a new strain that combines the good features of both.

The Biodiversity Convention obliges a signatory state to ensure that suppliers of genetic and biochemical resources receive "a just and equitable" share of the profits that accrue from the comemrcialization of their resources.

To be absolutely fair and follow the law to the limit, how much do you owe to whom? What should the collector of the variety get? The owner of the property on which it is found? The country in which it is found? And oh yes, the United States is not a signatory nation to the convention.

This fascinating book opens a wide variety of questions, and in doing so explains a lot about biodiversity that I never knew. ... Read more

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This book is designed for human resources managers and directors of personnel who are concerned with labor productivity.It gives benchmarks and gap analyses used to gauge a company's performance vis-a-vis firms competing firms in the same sector, at the global level.In particular, this report covers HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC., ROCKVILLE, USA.With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of entry barriers, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company's performance against other firms on a worldwide basis.Doing so, however, is not an obvious task.First, one needs to find firms competing in the same sector.Second, one needs to control for exchange rate volatility.Finally, one needs to use comparable financial standards.This report overcomes these issues and gives full human resources benchmarks vis-a-vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification. Benchmarks cover labor-asset ratios, labor-liability ratios, and labor-income ratios.Since our reports are printed on demand, the statistics reported are for the latest quarter and are the most up to date available (4 updates are produced each year). Each report provides over 100 statistics and 40 graphs to the reader. ... Read more

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This book is designed for human resources managers and directors of personnel who are concerned with labor productivity.It gives benchmarks and gap analyses used to gauge a company's performance vis-a-vis firms competing firms in the same sector, at the global level.In particular, this report covers GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORP., WALTHAM, USA.With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of entry barriers, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company's performance against other firms on a worldwide basis.Doing so, however, is not an obvious task.First, one needs to find firms competing in the same sector.Second, one needs to control for exchange rate volatility.Finally, one needs to use comparable financial standards.This report overcomes these issues and gives full human resources benchmarks vis-a-vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification. Benchmarks cover labor-asset ratios, labor-liability ratios, and labor-income ratios.Since our reports are printed on demand, the statistics reported are for the latest quarter and are the most up to date available (4 updates are produced each year). Each report provides over 100 statistics and 40 graphs to the reader. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from National Women's Health Report, published by National Women's Health Resource Center on March 1, 2009. The length of the article is 616 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Personalized medicine: the time is now; six years after scientists successfully sequenced the entire human genome, the results are changing nearly every aspect of medicine.(AGES & STAGES)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: National Women's Health Report (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 2009
Publisher: National Women's Health Resource Center
Volume: 31Issue: 1Page: 6(1)

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What is it? The Public Administration Genome Project (PAGP) is a grandattempt to digitally "map" and then usefully employ the full set of topics,variables, and interrelationships that comprise and involve all of the "genes" thatmake up public administration. It is based on the highly regarded and usefulHuman Genome Project.Why do it? Like the world in general, the P. A. world is becoming more diverseand complicated. Hence, few administrators can be expected to know, much lessremember, the many relevant strategies, external forces and related impacts thatmight be part of a particular situation. There thus is a need for a comprehensive, logic-based, readily accessiblesystem (called "COMPASS") to help in finding and elaborating on such topics, variables, and interrelationships.What is in the book? It starts with a broad overview of the whole PAGP. It then turns to an elaboration of boththe basic and then the more comprehensive analogies with the human genome; the Human Genome Project; andother related concepts (like catalysis and evolution).These are followed by a set of new and seemingly unconnected subjects: (a)norms for citizens and public administrators, and (b) semantic and syntacticanalyses. Then come some interesting and diverse case studies, andcomparisons of such to theories.All these set the scene for development of procedures for contributing to andusing COMPASS, the information and guidance system which is the centralproduct of the PAGP. The whole concept of the PAGP subsequently isrevisited through an example that encompasses all of its major elements andprocesses.The last part of the book focuses on future directions, asking questions like"Is the PAGP (and COMPASS) an impossible dream or a much neededreality?" ... Read more

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  Bioinformatics – the process of searching biological databases, comparing sequences, examining protein structures, and researching biological questions with a computer – is one of the marvels of modern technology that can save you months of lab work. And the most amazing part is that, if you know how, you can use highly sophisticated programs over the Internet without paying a dime and sometimes, without installing anything new on your own computer. All you need to know is how to use these technological miracles.

That’s where Bioinformatics For Dummies comes in. If you want to know what bioinformatics is all about and how to use it, without wading through pages of computer gibberish or taking a course full of theory, this book has the answers in plain English.  You’ll find out how to

• Use Internet resources
• Understand bioinformatics jargon
• Research biological databases
• Locate the sequences you need
• Perform specific tasks, step by step

Written by two experts who helped develop the science, Bioinformatics For Dummies is all about getting things done. If you’re just getting your feet wet, start at the beginning with a quick review of those necessary parts of microbiology and an overview of the tools available. If you already know what you want to do, you can go directly to a chapter that shows you how. Get the lowdown on

• Researching and analyzing DNA and protein sequences
• Gathering information from all published sources
• Searching databases for similar sequences and acquiring information about gene functions through sequence comparisons
• Producing and editing multiple sequence comparisons for presentation
• Predicting protein structures and RNA structures
• Doing phylogenetic analysis

With an Internet connection and Bioinformatics For Dummies, you’ll discover how to peruse databases that contain virtually everything known about human biology. It’s like having access to the world’s largest lab, right from your desk. This book is your lab assistant – one that never takes a day off, never argues when you ask it for help, and won’t demand a benefits package. ... Read more

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A great start!
Very simple and very well explained, I recommend this book to all who show interest in using bioinformatics as a research tool.

great reference
As a Phd student in biology, this book offers great reference for bioinformatics in a clear and smooth manner. it explains briefly the concept behind few notions and then shows you how to search, interpret the data you receive. no previous knowledge of bioinformatics is necessary to have this book. the only problem is that several websites either change/close their website or change the application format and it becomes hard to follow the book instructions. however it is a very important tool for researchers.

Good Purchase
Good concepts for a beginner ad intermediate level. Concepts are clearly explained and are easy to understand.

Overall a Good Book on Bioinformatics
This is overall a good book on bioinformatics. If you like the Dummy series, you will like this book. It's more thorough on the biology side of bioinformatics than on the "information" side. However, the concepts are explained in an easy to understand fashion. Worth the price.

Thorough, in-depth introduction. The "for dummies" is misleading
Many people are derisive about the "for Dummies" series, believing them to be too simplistic and sometimes even an insult to their intelligence. That can hardly apply to this book, as there is nothing "dummy" about it. You need a significant background in biology and chemistry in order to understand most of it. You need to understand the amino acid structure of proteins, the structure of DNA and many fundamental principles of data analysis. Some knowledge of the structure and operations of databases is also needed. The authors include a large number of web sites containing additional information and that can run analyses.
The coverage is so thorough and detailed that this is the only "for dummies" book that I have seen that could honestly be recommended as a college text.And not just at the freshman level either.
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Environmental biotechnology is an emerging field of scientific and technological investigations that is truly global. Popular recognition is high for the environmental problems being faced and solved by biotechnology methods. This book presents selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium of the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology, held in Boston in July 1996. The following topics are covered: metals, mine drainage, removal and toxicity; waste treatment/monitoring; bioremediation; water quality; biodegradation; and local, national and international issues in biotechnology. ... Read more