DNA Science: A First Course, Second Edition - Softcover

Micklos, David; Freyer, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936113171 ISBN 13: 9781936113170

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2003

Synopsis

This is the second edition of a highly successful textbook (over 50,000 copies sold) in which a highly illustrated, narrative text is combined with easytouse thoroughly reliable laboratory protocols. It contains a fully uptodate collection of 12 rigorously tested and reliable lab experiments in molecular biology, developed at the internationally renowned Dolan DNA Learning Center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which culminate in the construction and cloning of a recombinant DNA molecule. Proven through more than 10 years of teaching at research and nonresearch colleges and universities, junior colleges, community colleges, and advanced biology programs in high school, this book has been successfully integrated into introductory biology, general biology, genetics, microbiology, cell biology, molecular genetics, and molecular biology courses. The first eight chapters have been completely revised, extensively rewritten, and updated. The new coverage extends to the completion of the draft sequence of the human genome and the enormous impact these and other sequence data are having on medicine, research, and our view of human evolution. All sections on the concepts and techniques of molecular biology have been updated to reflect the current state of laboratory research.

The laboratory experiments cover basic techniques of gene isolation and analysis, honed by over 10 years of classroom use to be thoroughly reliable, even in the hands of teachers and students with no prior experience. Extensive prelab notes at the beginning of each experiment explain how to schedule and prepare, while flow charts and icons make the protocols easy to follow. As in the first edition of this book, the laboratory course is completely supported by qualityassured products from the Carolina Biological Supply Company, from bulk reagents, to useable reagent systems, to singleuse kits, thus satisfying a broad range of teaching applications.

About this title

About the Author

David Micklos is Executive Director of the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Greg Freyer is Associate Professor of Clinical Environmental Health Sciences and Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Mailman School of Publich Health and Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons.

Review

Named after a term invented by the legendary James Watson and written like a storybook, DNA Science: A First Course is one stop shopping for an excellent molecular biology guide and lab manual for beginners. It is concocted uniquely as one part text that introduces the reader to the scientific concepts and one part well designed and tested laboratories in a friendly format --Science Books and Flims

Edition details

• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1936113171
• ISBN 13: 9781936113170
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 575