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Further reading
Molecular Biology of the Cell [6] and Genes [77] are two well known textbooks in the area of molecular biology and genetics. Both are comprehensive, clearly presented and regularly revised. For a lighter, more general introduction to genes and gene regulation, Enrico Coen's The Art of Genes [27] and Evelyn Fox Keller's The Century of the Gene [72] are recommended. In A Genetic Switch [95], Mark Ptashne provides a short, highly readable overview of the simple, yet remarkably powerful, genetic circuit that controls the developmental pathway of phage-
. Genomic Regulatory Systems [28] by Eric Davidson and From DNA to Diversity [26] by Sean Carroll are thorough overviews of gene regulation that assume a little more background knowledge.
Nic Geard 2004-05-06