Tag: Genetics

Born to Smoke Nicotine and Genetics (Tobacco the Deadly Drug)


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English | 2009 | pages: 114 | ISBN: 1422202437, 1422208079 | PDF | 12,3 mb
Everyone knows that tobacco is a heavily regulated industry. But it hasn’t always been that way. The road to regulation has been a long one, with twists and turns that are on the level of the best Hollywood blockbuster.

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Genetics and the Extinction of Species


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English | ISBN: 0691009716 | | 192 pages | PDF | 16 MB
Darwin’s Origin of Species and Dobzhansky’s Genetics and the Origin of Species have been the cornerstones of modern evolutionary and population genetic theory for the past hundred years, but in the twenty-first century, biologists will face graver problems of extinction. In this collection, a team of leading biologists demonstrates why the burgeoning field of conservation biology must continue to rely on the insights of population genetics if we are to preserve the diversity of living species. Technological and theoretical developments throughout the 1990s have allowed for important new insights into how populations have evolved in response to past selection pressures, while providing a broad new understanding of the genetic structure of natural populations. The authors explore these advances and argue for the applicability of new genetic methods in conservation biology.

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Elements Of Animal Genetics


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English | 2016 | ISBN: 9350848961 | PDF | pages: 225 | 2.4 mb
Nowadays, breeding of high productive farm animals, like cattle, pigs and poultry is in the hands of multinational companies which invest a lot of money in state of the art breeding programs. The breeding of sheep, goats, horses and companion animals, e.g. the dog are based on individual breeders collaborating in the setting of a herd book or a breeder’s association. Animal breeding is aiming at the improvement of animals by changing their genetic abilities for important traits. These traits are determined by the requirements and wishes from the society which might change over time. Animal breeding is highly influenced by research and developments in population-, quantitative- and molecular genetics. Sometimes, unexpected negative effects of animal breeding are observed that require adequate corrections. This text provides a useful overview for those new to the field of animal genetics and breeding, covering a diverse array of relevant topics on the subject. The book will be highly useful for graduate students of Veterinary sciences having little or no background in Veterinary genetics.

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CyberGenetics Health genetics and new media


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English | ISBN: 1138946516 | 2016 | 158 pages | EPUB | 503 KB
Online genetic testing services are increasingly being offered to consumers who are becoming exposed to, and knowledgeable about, new kinds of genetic technologies, as the launch of a 23andme genetic testing product in the UK testifies. Genetic research breakthroughs, cheek swabbing forensic pathologists and celebrities discovering their ancestral roots are littered throughout the North American, European and Australasian media landscapes. Genetic testing is now capturing the attention, and imagination, of hundreds of thousands of people who can not only buy genetic tests online, but can also go online to find relatives, share their results with strangers, sign up for personal DNA-based musical scores, and take part in research. This book critically examines this market of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing from a social science perspective, asking, what happens when genetics goes online?

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The Accidental Homo Sapiens Genetics, Behavior, and Free Will [Audiobook]


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English | April 02, 2019 | ASIN: B07Q5TZ2XB | M4B@62 kbps | 7h 42m | 210.27 MB
Author: Ian Tattersall, Rob DeSalle
Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

What happens now that human population has outpaced biological natural selection? Two leading scientists reveal how we became who we are – and what we might become.

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