Encyclopedia of Genetics, Rev. Ed. 2004

ditor: Bryan D. Ness, Pacific Union College
February 2004 · 2 volumes · 896 pages · 8"x10"


ISBN: 978-1-58765-149-6
Print List Price: $235


e-ISBN: 978-1-58765-319-3
eBook Single User Price: $235

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Encyclopedia of Genetics, Rev. Ed.

The award-winning Encyclopedia of Genetics was originally created in 1999 to provide the general reader with a thorough yet accessible overview of one of modern science's most vital and intriguing fields. This 2004 Revised Edition adds 64 new overview essays and 25 new sidebars to the original entries, reflecting the rapid developments in an exciting branch of science that is increasingly shaping our world.

The set surveys this continually evolving discipline from a variety of perspectives: historical and technical background along with balanced discussion of recent discoveries and developments. Basics of biology--from the molecular and cellular levels through the organismal level, from Mendelian principles to the latest on DNA sequencing technology--constitute the core coverage. Medical topics comprise a significant number of essays, as the genetic predisposition for many illnesses and syndromes has increasingly come to light. Genetic technologies that promise a world without hunger, disease, and disability--and promise to rewrite human values--are addressed as well. The encyclopedia's scope embraces the key social and ethical questions raised by these new genetic frontiers: from cloning to stem cells to genetically modified foods and organisms.

All essays' bibliographies are new or fully updated and the four appendices have been updated and joined by two new ones. Featured in this new edition are 25 new "sidebars," supplementary mini-essays (500 words each). These sidebars, appearing in shaded boxes, offer coverage of particularly significant or current subtopics appended to the overview essays. Two new appendices, "Web Sites" and "Nobel Prizes for Discoveries in Genetics," have been added, and the "Biographical Dictionary of Important Geneticists" has more than doubled in size.

Each essay follows a standard format, including ready-reference top matter and the following standard features:

Fields of study lists one or more of a dozen subdisciplines of genetics or biology under which the topic falls.

Significance provides a definition and summary of the topic's importance.

Key terms, concepts central to the topic, are next identified and defined.

Subheads break the main body of each essay into clearly marked subtopics.

The contributor's byline lists the biologist or other area expert who wrote the essay.

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