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Free Download Jonathan Glover, "Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design"
English | 2006 | pages: 129 | ISBN: 019929092X, 0199238499 | PDF | 0,5 mb
Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don’t have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem.

Free Download Genes, Germs And Medicine: The Life Of Joshua Lederberg
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811225478 | 424 Pages | PDF (True) | 183 MB
Genes, Germs and Medicine explores the development of modern biomedical science in the United States through the life of one of the Twentieth Century’s most influential scientists.Joshua Lederberg was a scientific renaissance man. He and his collaborators founded the field of bacterial genetics, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize at the age of 33 (the second youngest in history). He helped to lay the foundations for genetic engineering, made fundamental revisions to immunological and evolutionary theory, and developed medical genetics. He initiated the search for extraterrestrial microbial life, developed artificial intelligence, and was a visionary of the Digital Age. Lederberg coined some of the central terms of modern biology: plasmid, transduction, exobiology, euphenics and microbiome.A complex humanist who spoke out for social justice, Lederberg confronted racism, and denied a gene-centered view of humans. Pondering our social evolution outside of nature, he forewarned of the complex ethical issues arising from bioengineering. He sounded the alarm about coming pandemics at a time when few would listen, and warned of the peril of biowarfare and strove to prevent it. Lederberg was a man with a deep sense of social and intellectual responsibility, a trusted advisor to eight presidential administrations.

Free Download Gloria Soberón-Chávez, "Biosurfactants: From Genes to Applications"
English | 2010 | pages: 220 | ISBN: 3642144896 | PDF | 2,2 mb
Biosurfactants, tensio-active compounds produced by living cells, are now gaining increasing interest due to their potential applications in many different industrial areas in which to date almost exclusively synthetic surfactants have been used. Their unique structures and characteristics are just starting to be appreciated. In addition, biosurfactants are considered to be environmentally "friendly," relatively non-toxic and biodegradable. This Microbiology Monographs volume deals with the most recent advances in the field of microbial biosurfactants, such as rhamnolipids, serrawettins, trehalolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids, sophorolipids, surfactin and other lipopeptides. Each chapter reviews the characteristics of an individual biosurfactant including the physicochemical properties, the chemical structures, the role in the physiology of the producing microbes, the biosynthetic pathways, the genetic regulation, and the potential biotechnological applications.

Free Download Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, Volume 39 By
1998 | 387 Pages | ISBN: 0471324418 | PDF | 21 MB
"A reference that should be in the personal library of any biologist who uses the Internet for the analysis of DNA and protein sequence data" –Science Content:

Free Download Philip Meneely, Rachel Dawes Hoang, Iruka N. Okeke, "Genetics: Genes, Genomes, and Evolution"
English | 2017 | pages: 775 | ISBN: 019879536X, 0198712553 | PDF | 127,3 mb
In the past, introductory biology courses based on evolution tended to give short shrift to molecular biology. Introductory molecular biology and genetics courses tended to ignore evolutionary principles altogether or included them as concluding chapters that were often skipped. Bacteria were usually treated separately from eukaryotes. Using the analysis of genomes as the organizing approach in Genetics: Genes, Genomes, and Evolution provides the opportunity to unite these topics in one narrative.

Free Download N E & B K Whitehead, "My Genes Made Me Do It! Homosexuality and the Scientific Evidence"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0473174863 | PDF | pages: 262 | 3.3 mb
Are homosexuals born or made? Are people born heterosexual? Can gays change their sexual orientation? While the West has generally capitulated to the idea that homosexuality is innate and unchangeable, the scientific facts are now indisputable-homosexuality is not biologically hard-wired in any way. In fact half the homosexual population moves towards heterosexuality in the natural course of life-it’s just that very few people ever hear about it . This clear, comprehensive and accessible book takes an objective and orthodox look at over 10,000 scientific papers and draws the only conclusion possible: any biological contribution to homosexuality is weak and indirect. But that doesn’t mean homosexuality is a choice; rather it is discovered to exist within oneself. It is overwhelmingly the cumulative result of personal responses to life events-as many human predicaments are. But people with same-sex attraction are no more the victim of their orientation than anybody else mastered by a deep-seated and powerful set of responses that are environmental in essence. Answers and relief are possible where there is informed assistance. Neil and Briar Whitehead have been researching homosexuality for nearly 20 years. Neil is a research scientist with a PhD in biochemistry. Briar is a writer.

Free Download N E & B K Whitehead, "My Genes Made Me Do It! Homosexuality and the Scientific Evidence"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0473174863 | PDF | pages: 262 | 3.3 mb
Are homosexuals born or made? Are people born heterosexual? Can gays change their sexual orientation? While the West has generally capitulated to the idea that homosexuality is innate and unchangeable, the scientific facts are now indisputable-homosexuality is not biologically hard-wired in any way. In fact half the homosexual population moves towards heterosexuality in the natural course of life-it’s just that very few people ever hear about it . This clear, comprehensive and accessible book takes an objective and orthodox look at over 10,000 scientific papers and draws the only conclusion possible: any biological contribution to homosexuality is weak and indirect. But that doesn’t mean homosexuality is a choice; rather it is discovered to exist within oneself. It is overwhelmingly the cumulative result of personal responses to life events-as many human predicaments are. But people with same-sex attraction are no more the victim of their orientation than anybody else mastered by a deep-seated and powerful set of responses that are environmental in essence. Answers and relief are possible where there is informed assistance. Neil and Briar Whitehead have been researching homosexuality for nearly 20 years. Neil is a research scientist with a PhD in biochemistry. Briar is a writer.

Free Download Mapping Abiotic Stress-Tolerance Genes in Plants by Richard R.-C. Wang
English | PDF | 2020 | 452 Pages | ISBN : 3039361147 | 104.9 MB
This book presents the latest research results on plant genes controlling tolerance to abiotic stresses including heat, cold, drought, salt, nitrogen, metals, irradiation, and exogenous phytohormones.

Free Download Jonathan Slack, "Genes: A Very Short Introduction "
English | ISBN: 019967650X | 201
4 | 144 pages | AZW3 | 743 KB

Free Download Colin Tudge, "The Engineer in the Garden: Genes and Genetics : From the Idea of Heredity to the Creation of Life"
English | 1995 | pages: 388 | ISBN: 0809042592 | EPUB | 0,8 mb
Arguing that the everyday human intellect has been outpaced by scientific advances, a study of genetics and its potential impact on society explains what we have achieved while noting the ramifications of expanding on such technology.