THE APPLIED GENETICS OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, HUMANS AND FUNGI
by B C Lamb (Imperial College)
Dr Bernard C Lamb has taught genetics, applied genetics and related molecular biology at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 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 published over 100 research papers and has authored or co-authored eight books. For his outstanding contributions, he was awarded the higher degree of DSc by Bristol University in October 2000.
Plant breeding, animal breeding, medical genetics and the genetics of industrial fungi are usually taught separately, but they are all linked by strong central concepts regarding the generation, control, fate and use of genetic variation at the levels of genes, chromosomes, genomes and populations. Mutation, recombination, selection, population genetics and karyotype changes are involved, together with breeding systems.
This book constitutes an integrated undergraduate course in applied genetics based on those central concepts. It is suitable for those interested in working with plants, animals, humans or fungi. Such a course, or selected parts of it, is applicable to students of biological, microbiological, agricultural and biomedical sciences.
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