Genes and the Environment

Name: Genes and the Environment
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ISBN: 9780748408269

ISBN-10: 0748408266

ISBN-13: 9780748408269

Edition: 1999

Authors: Roy H. Burdon

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Genes and the Environment is concerned with genes and how their structures and activities can be influenced by current relevant environmental adversities. The book aims to provide a brief, integrated coverage at a biochemical and molecular biological level of the various effects that environmental factors can have on our genes, and those of other organisms, together with the likely consequences.

Book details

List price: $89.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 7/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Contributors


Preface



Techniques for identifying genetic polymorphisms: an historical perspective




PCR: methods and limitations




DNA oligonucleotide microarrays: application to genetic polymorphism analysis




Bioinformatics--genetics sites on the World Wide Web




Cancer susceptibility genes




Steroid and nuclear receptor polymorphism variants in hormone resistance and hormone independence




Variation in genes regulating the immune system and relationship to disease




Polymorphisms in heart disease




Genetic polymorphisms in the mitochondrial genome




Genetic polymorphisms affecting nervous system function



Index