Questions tagged [book-recommendation]
Questions relating to requests for basic reference materials on a broad area of study.
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Books on population or evolutionary genetics?
I have recently been involved in collaborations that require me to model the population genetics of eukaryotic populations. I fear I may either be "re-inventing the wheel" or making conceptual ...
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Evolution of dominance of alleles
Can someone tell me where can I find detailed text about mechanisms of evolution of dominance? Or, if it is possible, I would be grateful if someone will tell me about them here.
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Books for beginners [closed]
I want to study biology. I have zero previous knowledge of biology but I know Physics, Chemistry and Maths. From which book should I start? I have heard about Campbell Biology, but it is very costly ...
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Introductory biology text for an outsider
I'm a maths major and I have an interest in learning biology. I know very, very little; I know how babies are made and that's about it. Could anyone recommend a stimulating text to read for its own ...
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A free book/resource for learning genetics?
I took an undergrad class in genetics. I felt it was not too intensive and I do not feel prepared for grad school (if I can manage to get in.)
Does anyone know of a preferably free resource for ...
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Text Book Recommendation: Organic Evolution
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of any text books on organic evolution? I have recently become interested in the subject and would like to know more. I think an undergrad ...
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Suitable introductory book on Bioinformatics for a computer scientist?
Do you have any suggestions on a suitable introductory text on bioinformatics for a computer scientist? Any recommendations with pros and cons of different books would be appreciated. I'm mainly ...
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Book recommendations for algorithms used in evolutionary biology
Do you have recommendations for a book that presents the different algorithm used in theoretical evolutionary biology?
I don't mean evolutionary or genetic algorithms (otherwise this question would ...
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Book recommendations for evolutionary models
I was recently working on getting a statistical model of a DNA sequence. To do this I found that understanding evolution quantitatively seems to be quite important. I would really appreciate any book ...
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What are good sources of free-to-use images and diagrams
I am looking for good image repositories for biology teaching. Photos and textbook-like diagrams.
I am interested in images that can be used commercially without payment, or, at least, that require ...
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Very introductory online source of information in evolutionary biology
We receive quite a lot of questions from layman in evolutionary biology in this site that are sometimes difficult to answer just because there is way too much to say. Why don't human keep evolving? is ...
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A good book for history of biology/biotechnology for lay people
I have many friends who are interested in Biology and want to know more about the subject in general (like a history of biology, from Darwin's theory, to DNA structure discovery, to the human genome ...
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Books on machine learning applications in Biology
I have recently engaged with a collaboration, which requires me to construct, then train an unsupervised artificial neural network (ANN).
However, I have only a very coarse understanding of what ...
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Book/source for learning bioinformatics, focused on genomics?
Does anyone know of sources for learning bioinformatics, focused on genomics? I would like to learn a lot of skills I could apply potently in the workforce if I ever became adept at the fields. My ...
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Recommendation of Ecology books
What are some of the standard books to study :
Biological Interactions: Symbiosis, Mutualism...etc
Concept of Limiting factors
Niche concept
Resource partitioning
Concepts of community change
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Modern immunology textbooks
I am looking for recommendations to good textbooks introducing modern immunology. Review articles, preferably modern (post 2000) would also be useful.
Please, include a brief comment with each book ...
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Learn Bioconductor the hard way!
I came to analyzing population genetics data from the background of a theoretician and a computer biologist but not with the standard tools that a bioinformatician (or empiricist in population ...
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Guide to learning about Population biology / ecology / dynamics for a non-Biologist
I'm an applied mathematician who works in the field of feedback control systems but has been becoming interested in looking at population biology (e.g. Lotka-Volterra, Mathusian growth,etc.) from a ...
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Book recommendation on selective breeding?
I am looking for a good book that gives a nice overview of the science and technics of selective breeding. I am particularly interested in the use of population genetics to support decision in this ...
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Short, concise, practical manual for doing experimental biology
I am am physical scientist working in biology, and have recently started doing experiments. I would like a manual akin to "Numerical Recipes", but for the lab: straight forward, easy instructions on ...
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Molds and fungi usually found on book pages: identifying and preventing further spread
I know I can use bleach to kill most of the spores that live on my walls. I know I have to keep humidity below a certain level and temperature above another to prevent the spread of mold. I have read ...
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Book recommended for neurobiology
I am looking for a good explanatory book concerning Neurobiology. I am interested on how the brain works but prior to this I believe that I have to start learning things about the biology of neurons. ...
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What are the mechanistics of stinging nettles?
There is a lot of research on why nettle extracts causes skin irritation and a stinging sensation. However, I cannot find information on how the extract is injected in human skin. Similarly, I haven't ...
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Material recommendation: molecular biology for mathematicians and computer scientists [closed]
I am wondering if there are some introductory learning resources on molecular biology designed specifically for scientists with heavily math-oriented curricula (math/physics/computer science).
They ...
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How to learn biomathematics?
I'm currently an undergraduate math student and researching on the internet I discover that exists an area called "biomathematics". Looks so interesting. They use the graph theory and topology to ...
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Introductory book in genetics? [duplicate]
I am working in the field of neuroscience with a background in computer science. I try to find new ways of analyzing brain imaging data (mostly MRI, EEG, MEG, fMRI) with modern machine learning ...
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Enzyme kinetics: recommended literature to grasp the concepts better
I have had a few biochemistry courses, but I still feel confused and a bit scared each time they try to explain and apply enzyme kinetics or even chemometrics in different situation during class. On ...
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Statistical Analysis of Protein Folding Problem [closed]
I’m new to the field of protein folding. I’ve been searching and came across some books for predicting structures (Introduction to Protein Structure Prediction: Methods and Algorithms). Does anyone ...
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Textbook/lab manual for mammalian cell culture
For general techniques involving molecular biology, I know of Sambrook and Maniatis Molecular Cloning which covers many of the standard cloning techniques.
However, mammalian cell culture has many ...
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Choosing a book to gain general knowledge about biology [duplicate]
I will be first year undergraduate at Physics department next year and last year I was at the Medicine faculty. I want do double major in the second year of faculty with Molecular Biology and Genetics....
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Text or source (preferably free) for learning developmental biology
I might have to take a graduate level course in developmental biology, of which I have never taken a course in before. The course website lists no recommended texts. Therefore, I assume we will be ...
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