Published August, 2015
By James M. Ntambi, Ph.D. and James M. Ntambi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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High SCD expression favors fat storage leading to obesity while reduced SCD expression favors fat burning and leanness.

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Published August, 2015
By Mayana Zatz, Keith Okamoto and Oswaldo Keith Okamoto
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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While most stem cell books focus on basic aspects and/or cell therapy, this book emphasizes the relevance of stem cells obtained from patients, the so-called "patients in a petri dish" as tools to investigate human genetic diseases for which there are no available effective treatment.

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Published August, 2015
By Andrew Emili, Jack Greenblatt and Shoshana Wodak
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Epigenetic modifications underlie all aspects of human physiology, including stem cell renewal, formation of cell types and tissues.

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Published August, 2015
By Martin Langanke, Pia Erdmann, Jürgen Robienski, Sabine Rudnik-Schöneborn, Wenke Liedtke and Sabine Rudnik-Schoeneborn
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Published August, 2015
By Stephen F. Goodwin, Jay C. Dunlap and Theodore Friedmann
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Published August, 2015
By Robert Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, Huntington F. Willard, Robert L. Nussbaum, Robert MD Nussbaum and Huntington Ph.D Willard
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier India)
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Published August, 2015
By Eleftheria Zeggini, Andrew Morris and Andrew Morris, Ph.D.
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Assessing Rare Variation in Complex Traits

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Published August, 2015
By Uri Gophna
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Although the phenomenon of lateral gene transfer has been known since the 1940's, it was the genomics era that has really revealed the extent and many facets of this evolutionary/genetic phenomenon.

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Published August, 2015
By Deborah Finkel and Chandra A. Reynolds
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Behavior Genetics
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Recent advances in both collection and statistical modeling of twin data, particularly longitudinal twin data, make this an especially advantageous moment to produce a work that presents a collection of the groundbreaking research on cognitive abilities across the lifespan.

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Published August, 2015
By Harald Seitz and Sarah Schumacher
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
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