CELLULAR AND ANIMAL MODELS IN HUMAN GENOMICS RESEARCH

CELLULAR AND ANIMAL MODELS IN HUMAN GENOMICS RESEARCH

Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS
Año de edición:
Materia
Ciencias - biología
ISBN:
978-0-12-816573-7
Páginas:
226
N. de edición:
1
Idioma:
Inglés
Disponibilidad:
Disponible en 10 días

Descuento:

-5%

Antes:

161,00 €

Despues:

152,95 €

1. Introduction to human genetics
2. Disease in a dish: Cellular models to understand human conditions
3. Tiny models to answer big questions: The worm and the yeast as tools in human genetics research
4. Understanding human genetic disease with the fly
5. Studying human genetic variation in zebrafish
6. The mouse, a model organism for biomedical research
7. CRISPR-Cas technology as a tool to create animal models for biomedical research
8. Integrative modeling and novel technologies in human genomics
9. Models to understand human genomics, final considerations

• Provides a thorough, accessible resource that helps researchers and students employ cellular and animal models in their own genetic and genomic studies
• Offers guidance on how to effectively interpret the results and significance of genetic and genomic model studies for human health
• Features chapters from international experts in the use of specific cellular and animal models, including yeast, worms, flies, fish, mice, and large animals, among other organisms

Authors
• Katherina Walz, Research Associate Professor at the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, and the Director for the Division of Human Disease Modeling at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Florida.
• Juan I. Young, Research Associate Professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and the Co-Director of the Center for Molecular Genetics at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Florida