About the Book
Praise for the previous edition: "Very useful as a quick desk reference for students, professionals, and nonprofessionals." - "Quarterly Review of Biology". "Invaluable" - "Acta Padiatrica". "A valuable reference tool." - "Annals of Internal Medicine". Rapid advances in the field of genetics present every student and researcher with the daunting challenge of staying current. This extensively expanded and thoroughly revised new edition of the highly acclaimed original text provides a uniquely user-friendly and clearly written tool for navigating the latest terminology, concepts, theories, applications, and technology in these dynamic disciplines. "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics, Second Edition" includes a vast range of terms and concepts dealing with biochemistry, cell and developmental biology, immunology, hereditary diseases, and molecular evolution, as well as the state of the art in genomics and proteomics. The nearly 25,000 alphabetically arranged entries are explained in a concise yet detailed manner, including ample cross-references, literature citations, databases, tables, and illustrations.
"The Encyclopedic Dictionary" also: provides numerous clear diagrams, photographs, and tables; offers basic descriptions, detailed explanations, and references; covers the range of disciplines associated with modern genetics, genomics, and proteomics; features worked examples and explanations in plain, intelligible language; and appeals to students, researchers, teachers, physicians, and nonspecialists.
About the Author :
GEORGE P. REDEI is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. He has served as professor at the Max--Planck--Institut in Germany, was awarded the Fulbright Lectureship, and is a foreign member of the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences. Redei's extensive teaching experience includes courses in introductory genetics, history of genetics, genetic engineering, analytical genetics, and genetic control of physiological responses. He is world renowned for his research, which includes seminal work on the genetic system of Arabidopsis.
Review :
"This high quality reference book would be an excellent addition...while there are other genetics dictionaries available, this is the most comprehensive one for students and professionals." (Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Spring 2006) "...a uniquely user--friendly and clearly written tool for navigating the latest terminology, ideas, theories, illustrations, and applications..." (Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, January 2005) "I recommend it as a useful addition to personal, public, industrial, or academic libraries." (Chemical Educator, Vol.10, No.1, 2005) "...will be delighted to have this wonderfully compiled book in their bookshelf. I recommend this book very highly to everyone." (Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, September 2004) "This is a wonderful book that belongs in the collection of any library that serves the needs of biomedical students, teachers, and researchers." (Clinical Chemistry, September 2004) "...a reliable, accessible, well thought out and extremely useful reference book...an essential addition to any research library's collection." (Reference Reviews, Vol18, No.6, September 2004) "...a useful book to have on the shelf." (ASM News, May 2004) "...Once you start reading this book it is difficult to put down. It is a valuable source...of information..." (Proteomics, April 2004) "Rapid advances in genetics and the ever expanding lexicon of essential jargon, render this dictionary of value to its intended audience." (Genetic Engineering News, Vol. 24, No. 6, March 15, 2004) "...will be valuable in libraries' reference collections and can also be used as a source for further reading in biology courses...recommended." (Choice, Vol. 41, No. 5, January 2004) "a true information warehouse" (Mutation Research Forum) "an outstanding compendium of genetics" (Choice) "be far the best I have used" (HortScience) "invaluable to anyone" (Acta Paediatr) "useful to both the specialist and nonspecialist" (Annals of Internal Medicine) "useful as a quick desk reference for students, professionals and nonprofessionals" (Quarterly Review of Biology) "...useful as a reference...containing almost 50% more information than the first edition, this text includes about 18,000 concepts, arranged alphabetically, and more than 650...illustrations...should be useful for students of genetics, as well as nonspecialists...as a starting topic for further investigation..." (Genomics & Proteomics, November/December 2003)
