A gene is a DNA sequence that can be transcribed into an RNA molecule and transferred to offspring organisms. Changes in DNA sequences that determi...

Gene silencing is a general term describing epigenetic processes of gene regulation. The term gene silencing is generally used to describe the 'swi...

Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Genes are specific sequences of bases that encode...

Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Genes are specific sequences of bases that encode...

At present, two important factors contributing to diseases are environmental and genetic factors. The gene is a well defined component distributing...

This work which was published to mark the tenth anniversary of the collaboration between the Institut Pasteur and the Riken Institute in Japan, cov...

This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of genetic diagnoses. Topics discussed include the genetic risk factors betw...

Genetic information can be misused. It can be used to discriminate against people in health insurance and employment. People known to carry a gene ...

This book has a distinguishing feature of having condensed material with adequate information on genetic engineering especially of the microbes. Th...

On June 26, 2000, in a special ceremony at the White House, the completion of the 'rough draft' of the human genome was announced. This milestone, ...

Genetic inheritance patterns deal with the different ways genes and their alleles interact during the transmission of genetic traits that effect th...

A genetic predisposition is a genetic effect which influences the phenotype of an organism but which can be modified by the environmental condition...

A genetic predisposition is a genetic effect which influences the phenotype of an organism but which can be modified by the environmental condition...

Gene tests (also called DNA-based tests), the newest and most sophisticated of the techniques used to test for genetic disorders, involve direct ex...

This book looks at genetic screening of new-borns and the ethical principles that guide this practice. The majority of babies born in the U.S. each...

Collectively, genetic diseases and common diseases with a genetic component pose a significant public health burden. With completion of the human g...

Chromosomal aberrations are disruptions in the normal chromosomal content of a cell, and are a major cause of genetic conditions in humans, such as...

Genetic vectors are plasmids, bacteriophages, or viruses used during recombinant DNA techniques that transport foreign genes into recipient cells. ...

This book is a continuation of the book Genetics Researcher Biographical Sketches and Research Summaries which compiles biographical sketches of to...

This book compiles biographical sketches of top professionals in the field of genetics research, as well as research summaries from a number of dif...

Genome stability of every species depends on complex interaction of predefined and environmentally induced genetic and epigenetic states. Predefine...

This book looks at genotoxicity which is a deleterious action on cell genetic material affecting its integrity. Genotoxic substances are known to b...

This book gives a comprehensive introduction into geometrical methods of modern biomechanics. This book is designed for a rigorous, one--semester c...

This book presents current research in the study of ghrelin, a gastric peptide hormone and neurotransmitter, which has been identified in the hypot...