Applied Genetics of Humans, Animals, Plants and Fungi, the (2nd Edition)

A concise, clear writing style and a detailed and rich coverage of topics are the reasons that students found the first edition of the book so engaging and useful.Riding on this wave, all chapters within the second edition of this popular book have been thoroughly updated and expanded, especially the human and animal materials. A wider range of animals is covered, including dogs and cats as well as farm animals. The use of cord blood for therapy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and animal cloning are also explored and dealt with.

Dr Bernard C Lamb has taught genetics, applied genetics and related molecular biology at Imperial College London, London University, since 1968. Dr Lamb is a Reader in Genetics, and is currently Chairman of the University of London Specialist Group in Genetics. He has given numerous talks, has published more than 100 research papers and has authored or co-authored nine books. For his outstanding contributions, he was awarded the higher doctorate of DSc by Bristol University in 2000. Dr Lamb was also recently described as "a genius of distinction" and "a great mind of the 21st century" by American reference books. In addition, Dr Lamb contributes to the creative writing of short stories and light verse. He is a judge of two literary competitions and is the Chairman of the London branch of the Queen's English Society. He is also a trustee of the Vitiligo Society and in 2005 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.