Horizontal Gene Transfer

Michael Syvanen

ISBN 10: 0126801266 / ISBN 13: 9780126801262

Published by Elsevier Science Jan 2002, 2002

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The second edition of Horizontal Gene Transfer has been organized to provide a concise and up-to-date coverage of the most important discoveries in this fascinating field. Written by the most prominent gene transfer and genome analytical scientists, this book details experimental evidence for the phenomenon of horizontal gene transfer and discusses further evidence provided by the recent completion of genomic sequences from Archea, Bacteria, and Eucarya members. The relevance of horizontal gene transfer to plant and metazoan taxonomy, GM foods, antibiotic resistance, paleontology, and phylogenetic reconstruction is also explored. Horizontal Gene Transfer is essential for microbiologists, geneticists, biochemists, evolutionary biologists, infectious disease specialists, paleontologists, ecologists, and researchers working in plant/animal systematics and agriculture with an interest in gene transfer. This includes scientific researchers from government and industry concerned with the release of genetically modified organisms. 445 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Horizontal Gene Transfer
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Jan 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126801266
• ISBN 13: 9780126801262
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 257W x 190H x 29D millimeters 257 millimeters width by 190 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1220 grams

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Synopsis

The second edition of Horizontal Gene Transfer has been organized to provide a concise and up-to-date coverage of the most important discoveries in this fascinating field. Written by the most prominent gene transfer and genome analytical scientists, this book details experimental evidence for the phenomenon of horizontal gene transfer and discusses further evidence provided by the recent completion of genomic sequences from Archea, Bacteria, and Eucarya members. The relevance of horizontal gene transfer to plant and metazoan taxonomy, GM foods, antibiotic resistance, paleontology, and phylogenetic reconstruction is also explored. Horizontal Gene Transfer is essential for microbiologists, geneticists, biochemists, evolutionary biologists, infectious disease specialists, paleontologists, ecologists, and researchers working in plant/animal systematics and agriculture with an interest in gene transfer. This includes scientific researchers from government and industry concerned with the release of genetically modified organisms.

• Up-to-the-minute reviews, maps, conclusions, urls to relevant websites and colour figures
• Unique chapters, for example one written by paleontologists presents data for horizontal gene transfer from fingerprints form the fossil record

About the Author

Michael Syvanen, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
Clarence I. Kado, University of California, Davis, U.S.A