From Genes to Genomes: Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology. Jeremy W. Dale and Malcolm von Schantz. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2002, 270 pp., $39.95, softcover. ISBN 0-471-49783-5.

[摘要] In the preface, the authors state the hope that this book will be of use to undergraduates in biological and biomedical sciences, who already have some background in molecular biology, and to researchers wanting to update their knowledge in related areas. The book seems likely to succeed in these goals and to create a niche for itself. Although it might be perceived by some hardcore molecular biologists as molecular biology “lite”, the book actually provides a good overview of molecular biology, including the basic principles and techniques extant since the late 1970s (e.g., …

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