Overview
- Describes the genomes, their sequencing strategies and functions of the major life forms on Earth
- Exhaustively discusses genome organization, evolution and other functions in different groups
- Explains various omic techniques, like transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and exposomics
- Discusses the organellar genomes in depth, analyzing their origin and evolutionary significance
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This book provides a detailed and up-to-dated information on the genomes belonging to three major life forms on Earth – archaea, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Each section describes about the genome of a specific group of organisms, such as viruses, archaea, bacteria, eukaryotes and organellar genomes. Individual chapters provide details of their organization, structure, evolution, sequencing strategies and functions. Further, this book discusses the technologies that are applied for genome sequencing; assembly, annotation and gene prediction. Other topics include the genomes of important model organisms, mitochondria genome of Neanderthal fossil, etc. This book also examines the evolution of chloroplast and mitochondria genomes by comparing with bacteria, addresses the diseases that occur in humans due to the mutations in mitochondrial genome, gene therapy and engineering of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes. Lastly, it features an overview of the role ofproteomics, exposomics, connectomics, metabolomics, and microbiomics.
This book is a fascinating read for students, lecturers and researchers in the field of genetics, genomics, microbiology and life sciences.
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About the author
Dr. K.V.Chaitanya is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam. He completed his Ph.D. in Life Sciences at Pondicherry University, and then received a fellowship from DBT to pursue post-doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He has over 15 years of experience in research in the fields of genomics, molecular biology and plant biotechnology. He has worked in various capacities in internationally respected academic and research institutes and has published a number of articles in leading international journals. He has published one book on cell and molecular biology and has filed five patents. Dr. Chaitanya has received numerous academic awards and fellowships.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genome and Genomics
Book Subtitle: From Archaea to Eukaryotes
Authors: K. V. Chaitanya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0702-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0701-4Published: 25 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0704-5Published: 25 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0702-1Published: 17 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 307
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gene Function, Gene Expression, Cytogenetics, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology