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Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning: A Guide for the Curious [Paperback]

Karl Drlica (Author)

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Paperback: 369 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (April 11 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471434167
ISBN-13: 978-0471434160
Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,226,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Do you realize how much impact DNA technology has on your life today? Registering your child's DNA with the police, bold new medical cures, the perfect tomato, gene cloning and DNA manipulation are no longer remote events that will have impact in your life - they are today's headlines! In this highly acclaimed guide, Karl Drlica fully explains the basis of the ongoing genetic revolution. He guides you through the science and technology you need to understand the issues and make informed decisions. This text can be used either as a main text in a course where instructors want to use a thematic, case study approach to biology, a non-majors genes or genomics course, or as a supplement for Introductory Biology.

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This updated and revised edition enables readers, who have little or no background in chemistry, to understand molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology. Chemical processes and molecular structures are described by means of analogies using terms familiar to non-scientists and technical terminology is kept to a minimum. Consists of four sections: basic molecular biology, manipulation of DNA, insights gained through the use of gene cloning (including a chapter on retroviruses) and human genetics. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction for non-specialists, Jun 8 1999

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This review is from: Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning: A Guide for the Curious, 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This is the book that we ask all new undergraduates, time-slip students, high school students, and technicians to read before they start work in our lab. It is also the book I recommend to non-specialists like my father who want to know what I am doing. It is an excellent introduction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction for non-specialists, Jun 8 1999

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good replacement for a MolCell text, Jun 4 1998

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For someone who already went through a college-level molecular biology course, Drlica's book is an especially good refresher. The book also goes into good detail on various protocols used by biochemical and mol/cell labs today.

2.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, Sep 15 2011

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the book was too pricey!! and it didn't come as fast as I thought it would. Book cost only a few bucks less than the bookstore which was spent on the shipping

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