Main description:

This volume offers readers an opportunity to learn about how genomes are sequenced, what discoveries have so far come out of this scientific revolution, and about the ethical dimensions of this advancing technology. The revised edition focuses on the new advances in genome technology and builds upon the strong basic biological format that was established in the original publication. It also takes advantage of the recent major advances in genome level sequencing and analysis to demonstrate the vast increase in biological knowledge over the past decade.

Contents:

Foreward: Still, The Genomic Revolution ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Welcome Back to the Genome xiii

1 From Mendel to Molecules 1

2 The Building Blocks of Gene Sequencing 31

3 Sequencing the Genome 47

4 The Next Generation 65

5 Making the Genome Safe 81

6 The Meanings of Genetic Diversity: Part I 121

7 The Meanings of Genetic Diversity: Part II 143

8 The Tree of Life: 4 Billion Years of Divergence 161

9 Sequencing the Small and Infamous: A Look at Metagenomics and Microbiomes 195

10 The World to Come: Agriculture 213

Conclusion: Don't Believe the Hype (Including Ours) 245

Index 249