Demystification of Gene: The People who made it Possible

by Hirendra Kumar Das

ISBN: 9789371704014
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Imprint : Astral International Pvt Ltd
Year : 2027
Price : Rs. 8995.00
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Author Profile

The author had taught Molecular Genetics since 1967, first in Calcutta University, then in Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and finally in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He had been a Visiting Professor in University of California, San Diego, U.S.A. (1978), University of California, San Francisco, U.S.A. (1979) and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A. (1989). The author's earlier two books, (i) Textbook of Biotechnology and (ii) Gene and its Engineering, were meant for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.

About The Book

Most people have only a vague idea about Gene to be something mysterious, which controls hereditary traits. This book covers the important developments in this area that have occurred over several thousand years and also the life of the people who contributed to the process of demystification of Gene, their joy and despair in their success and failure. The observations and experimentations have been explained in simple terms, so that any educated person, irrespective of his/her age and discipline, can follow and enjoy reading. Reviews about the book by some eminent academicians have been printed after the Preface.