Reviews for Advances in genetics

The average rating for Advances in genetics based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-26 00:00:00 John Moore Comprehensive, yet concise. I believe a disclaimer is in order: This is not a pop-sci book, and as such, the readers should be sufficiently literate in cell biology (esp. genetics) to get the most out of it. Biology will perhaps always be a messy discipline, in the sense that there are just too many variables and too many confounding factors. Study of aging is no different. Researchers have tried to understand it from many different points of view, and we have a wealth of data at our disposal. The trouble is how to make sense of this data. Over the last few decades, the focus has been on genomic aspects of aging, in the hopes that we can finally formulate an overarching theory that would unify - or at least, hold together - many different lines of evidence. This book is a summary of our current understanding with regards to the genomic basis of aging. Prof. Vizg has expanded upon the theoretical as well as practical aspects (as in how we extrapolate the data obtained from animal models to humans). He has also candidly discussed the limitations as well as pitfalls of the current approaches towards the study of aging. All in all: Engaging, lucid, thorough, and optimistic. Final rating: 4.5/5

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-18 00:00:00 James Frye This book is helpful for those hoping to establish resolution for estranged and broken relationships. You'll find many excerpted interviews with people who've suffered abuse, betrayal and many other instances of wrong doings sharing their stories and experiences on their reconciliations, and reasons for choosing not to reconcile by learning to walk away. We're also taught how to make peace with ourselves in irreconcilable situations. There is also a questionnaire to help us decide if we're ready to reconcile a strained relationship, with the necessary steps to take when we're ready to. I'd highly recommend this book. It's a good book to help discern whether a relationship can be salvaged. As a memoir writer who struggled for years with a mother who made it impossible to retain a relationship with, I found this book comforting and validating in regards to the decisions I've made with my own struggles.