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Functional Plant Genomics
Functional Plant Genomics.J-F Morot-Gaudry, P Lea, J-F Briat. eds. 2007.
Enfield, NH, USA: Science Publishers. $133.80 (hardback). 714 pp.
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As a result of the rapid accumulation of DNA sequence information, including the complete genome sequences for several plant species, plant research is focussing increasingly on analysis of gene function. A book on plant functional genomics is therefore timely and this substantial volume is to be welcomed. It is an updated and expanded version of a French edition, published in 2004 by INRA, which provides a large proportion of the contributors. Its coverage of the topic is broad and reasonably comprehensive.
The book is divided into five sections, the first dealing with structural genomics, genome sequencing and the
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