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1	The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist Offering a fascinating history of the world as revealed through genetics, a momentous scientific discovery reveals how all humans are descended from seven prehistoric women. see all copies from $2.97! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom more books like this by Sean Carroll add to wishlist Presents an introduction to evolutionary developmental biology which studies genes and their role in biological diversity and evolution. see all copies from $4.16! new only from $9.88! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Climbing Mount Improbable more books like this by Richard Dawkins add to wishlist The metaphor of Mount Improbable is represented in the combination of perfection and improbability, which is epitomized in the seemingly 'designed' perfection of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.57! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa more books like this by Stephen Oppenheimer add to wishlist Challenging the notion that there were several migrations of early humans from Africa, THE REAL EVE brings together the latest research in various fields, from population genetics to climatology, to suggest only one such exodus took place. Oppenheimer, a doctor and the author of EDEN IN THE EAST, offers his take on what happened nearly 80,000 ... see all copies from $5.55! new only from $13.50! \| first editions
5	Seven Daughters of Eve more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist In 1994, Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in Northern Italy. The frozen man was put at over five thousand years old, and Professor Sykes managed to track down a genetic descendant of the Ice Man, a woman living in Britain today. In ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.19!
6	Reading the Story in DNA: A Beginner's Guide to Molecular Evolution more books like this by Lindell Bromham add to wishlist The world is full of DNA. The salad in your sandwich, the pollen in the air, even the dirt on your shoes contains DNA from which a vast amount of information can be gained, including the identification of individuals and species, the structure and distribution of populations, the origins of lineages and the pace and mechanisms of evolutionary ... see all copies from $38.95! new only from $38.95!
7	Genetics of the Evolutionary Process more books like this by Professor Theodosius Dobzhansky add to wishlist The world's foremost geneticist surveys the major developments in what is emerging as the most important single area of scientific inquiry in the twentieth century: biological theory of evolution. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $70.29! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution more books like this by Richard Durrett add to wishlist Our basic question is: given a collection of DNA sequences, what underlying forces are responsible for the observed patterns of variability? To approach this question we introduce and analyze a number of probability models: the Wright-Fisher model, the coalescent, the infinite alleles model, and the infinite sites model. We study the complications ... see all copies from $32.46! new only from $32.46! \| SVS
9	RNA World more books like this by R Gesteland add to wishlist Recent studies on the activities of RNA in the cell have revolutionized our understanding of the many roles played by this molecule. The first two editions of The RNA World (1993, 1999) shed light on the pre-biotic era dominated by this versatile molecule, and provided an overview of the state of RNA research at the time. The new third edition of ... see all copies from $54.95! new only from $81.58!
10	Evolutionary Genetics more books like this by John Maynard Smith add to wishlist The first edition of Maynard Smith's Evolutionary Genetics (first published in 1989) was welcomed as the first comprehensive introduction to the molecular and population aspects of evolutionary genetics, and has now become one of the definitive textbooks in the field. Aimed at advanced undergraduates in the biological sciences, the book covers ... see all copies from $2.07! new only from $38.50! \| SVS
11	Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts and Case Studies more books like this by Charles W Fox (Editor), Jason B Wolf (Editor) add to wishlist The diverse field of evolutionary genetics is unified by two goals: to understand the impact that evolutionary processes have on genetic variation, and to understand the consequences of these patterns for various evolutionary process. Research in evolutionary genetics stretches across a continuum of scale, from studies of DNA sequence evolution ... see all copies from $13.57! new only from $13.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development more books like this by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard add to wishlist "Coming to Life" is a remarkable journey through developmental biology to reveal the current state of knowledge of the microscopic world of cells, in particular in relation to the creation of animal life. Leading the reader step-by-step through groundbreaking discoveries, Nusslein-Volhard provides answers to some of the most intriguing questions ... see all copies from $11.27! new only from $11.27! \| SVS
13 view cover	From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design more books like this by Sean Carroll, Jennifer Grenier, Scott D Weatherbee add to wishlist In this landmark work, the author team led by Dr. Sean Carroll presents the general principles of the genetic basis of morphological change through a synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics and embryology. In this extensively revised second edition, the authors delve into the latest discoveries, incorporating new coverage of comparative ... see all copies from $47.97! new only from $57.28! \| SVS
14 view cover	Mendel's Demon: Gene Justice and the Complexity of Life more books like this by Mark Ridley add to wishlist The existence of complex life is one of the great mysteries of evolution, for complexity is neither inevitable nor necessary. Indeed, as Mark Ridley shows in this important and thought-provoking book, two major biological hurdles had to be overcome to allow living complexity to evolve. Complex life is constructed from more genes than simple life. ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $14.72!
15 view cover	From DNA to Diversity more books like this by Scott D Weatherbee, Jennifer K Grenier, Sean Carroll add to wishlist From DNA to Diversity represents the definitive synthesis of new material on developmental genetics and evolutionary biology. Written by a highly respected author team, this text will be the monumental work for shaping the field. Animals diverge from common ancestry through changes in their DNA, but what are the genes that control morphology? In ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $99.00!
16 view cover	Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy more books like this by Mel Greaves add to wishlist Around one in three people will at some time in their lives be diagnosed with cancer. For Western societies relishing health, wealth, and longevity, its continued prominence is one of the greatest challenges to science. Cancer is extraordinarily diverse in its causation, symptoms, likelihood of effective treatment - in some sense, every patient's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Implicit Genome more books like this by Lynn Caporale (Editor) add to wishlist For over half a century, we have been in the thrall of the double-helicaln structure of DNA, which, in an instant, revealed that information can be transferred between generations by a simple rule, A pairs with T, G pairs with C. In its beautiful simplicity, this structure, along with the table of codons worked out in the following decade, had ... see all copies from $5.58! new only from $9.82! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Genetic Gods: Evolution and Belief in Human Affairs more books like this by John C Avise, Ph.D. add to wishlist In clear terms, John Avise reviews discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary genetics, and human genetic engineering, and discusses the relevance of these findings to issues of concern traditionally reserved for mythology, theology and religious faith. The text explains how the "genetic gods" figure in our development - not just our ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Basic Conc Pop, Quant, Evol.: Messengers of Life more books like this by James F. Crow add to wishlist see all copies from $17.87!
20 view cover	Darwinian Detectives: Revealing the Natural History of Genes and Genomes more books like this by Norman A Johnson add to wishlist Biology is often viewed today as a bipartisan field, with molecular level genetics guiding us into the future and natural history (including ecology, evolution, and conservation biology,) chaining us to a descriptive scientific past. In Darwinian Detectives, Norman Johnson bridges this divide, revealing how the tried and true tools of natural ... see all copies from $11.91! new only from $19.88! \| SVS
21 view cover	Phenotypic Integration: Studying the Ecology and Evolution of Complex Phenotypes more books like this by Massimo Pigliucci (Editor), Katherine Preston (Editor) add to wishlist A new voice in the nature-nurture debate can be heard at the interface between evolution and development. Phenotypic integration-or, how large numbers of characteristics are related to make up the whole organism, and how these relationships evolve and change their function-is a major growth area in research, attracting the attention of ... see all copies from $29.55! new only from $45.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	A Primer of Conservation Genetics more books like this by Jonathan Ballou, David Briscoe, Richard Frankham add to wishlist This concise, entry level text provides an introduction to the importance of genetic studies in conservation and presents the essentials of the discipline in an easy-to-follow format, with main points and terms clearly highlighted. The authors assume only a basic knowledge of Mendelian genetics and simple statistics, making the book accessible to ... see all copies from $36.23! new only from $36.23! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form more books like this by Rudolf A Raff add to wishlist In the book, "Embryos, Genes, and Evolution", Raff and co-author Thomas Kaufman proposed a synthesis of developmental and evolutionary biology. In "The Shape of Life", Raff analyzes the rise of this experimental discipline and lays out research questions, hypotheses and approaches to guide its development. Raff uses the evolution of animal body ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $37.00!
24 view cover	Evolutionary Bioinformatics more books like this by Donald R Forsdyke add to wishlist Books on bioinformatics, which began appearing in the mid 80s primarily served gene-hunters, and biologists who wished to construct family trees showing tidy lines of descent. Given the great pharmaceutical industry interest in genes, this trend has continued in most subsequent texts. These deal extensively with the exciting topic of gene ... see all copies from $18.56! new only from $18.56! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Happy Room more books like this by Dr. Steven Gordon add to wishlist In a derelict tower block, teenager Dean McAdam recovers from an horrific car crash that killed his mother and left him paralysed from the waist down. Despite his injuries he constructs a petrol driven wheelchair and nurtures a fierce ambition to become a micro-biologist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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