© 2007 • 447 pp., glossary, index
Paperback • $108 • ISBN  978-080538219-8

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Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, & Bioinformatics is the first text to combine real–world data and web activities with a hands–on approach to learning the fundamentals of genomic analysis. Written more like a workbook than a text, Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, & Bioinformatics has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate the latest scientific findings on genetic defects, disease–causing organisms, and other fast–breaking developments in genomics relevant to our lives.

With Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, & Bioinformatics you will:

Gain real–life context for genomics concepts through case study chapters appearing throughout the text

Visualize 3–D DNA structures on the interactive companion website (www.GeneticsPlace.com), now with Jmol

Research and analyze real genomics data as you work your way through each chapter of the companion website (www.GeneticsPlace.com)

Discover genomics through updated and expanded Discovery Questions appearing throughout each chapter

Learn genomics through hands–on practice, including using databases to extract pertinent information

Get help when you need it through updated and expanded Math Minutes—brief tutorials that reveal the math behind the biology and illustrate how investigators apply math in solving specific biology problems

Also available: Instructor’s Manual (ISBN 0-8053-8218-6)—the printed version of the Instructor’s Manual provides answers to all the Discovery Questions. In addition to the written answers, the electronic version of the Instructor’s Manual (www.aw-bc.com/genomics) provides color figures to accompany some answers. For example, if students are asked to draw a graph or construct a circuit diagram, your electronic version will illustrate one possible answer. These illustrations, along with all illustrations on the web site, may be used for lecture presentation such as PowerPoint or web pages. Access to these answers is restricted to faculty who have adopted the textbook for course use. Students cannot access this resource. Contact your Benjamin Cumming sales representative for your free password.

UNIT ONE—GENOME SEQUENCES

Chapter 1: What’s Wrong with My Child?

Chapter 2: Genome Sequence Acquisition

Chapter 3: Comparative Genomics in Evolution and Medicine

Chapter 4: Genomic Variations

UNIT TWO—GENOME EXPRESSION

Chapter 5: Why Can’t I Just Take a Pill to Lose Weight?

Chapter 6: Basic Research with DNA Microarrays

Chapter 7: Applied Research with DNA Microarrays

Chapter 8: Proteomics

UNIT THREE—WHOLE GENOME PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 9: Why Can’t We Cure More Diseases?

Chapter 10: Genomic Circuits in Single Genes

Chapter 11: Integrated Genomic Circuits

Chapter 12: Modeling Whole–Genome Circuits

Glossary

Credits

Index