本书围绕基因组学及应用为主要内容进行编写，着重介绍高通量测序技术在现代生命科学中的应用、大数据时代的数据产生和存贮及应用进展、个人基因组计划及个性化医疗等主题，精选来自Nature、Science等生物医药、农业等方面顶级期刊中有关基因组及其应用的文献，解释文中的生词热词，解析疑难句，设置课后习题，增设阅读材料，帮助在校高年级大学生以及研究生学习、了解基因组及其在生命科学各领域的进展及其应用，并掌握基因组相关专业英语的基本术语和表达方式，切实提高读者的实际运用专业英语的能力。
基因组学在生命科学各个领域中发挥着越来越重要的作用，本书精选来自Nature、Science等生物医药、农业等方面**期刊中有关基因组及其应用的文献，着重介绍高通量测序技术在现代生命科学中的应用、大数据时代的数据产生和存贮及应用进展、个人基因组计划及个性化医疗等主题。
孙颖，女，华大基因研究院副研究员。中山大学博士学历，美国约翰霍普金斯大学科学教育学硕士。有15年从事国内外教学、科研等经历，有美国三年以上相关英语教学（全英文讲授生物学，物理和化学等课程）工作经验，具备先进的教育教学理念，对中西方教学体系、教育模式和国际化教学有深刻理解。
Chapter 1 Next generation Sequencing (NGS)
Lesson 1 From Convention to Second generation Sequencing
Lesson 2 Application of Next generation Sequencing
Lesson 3 First Baby Born after Full Genetic Screening of Embryos
Chapter 2 Big Data
Lesson 1 Too Much Information: Better Health from Big Data
Lesson 2 Life Sciences in Big Data Era
Lesson 3 Big Data Meets Public Health
Chapter 3 Personal Genomics & Personalized Medicine
Lesson 1 The Advent of Personal Genome Sequencing
Lesson 2 The Future of Personal Genomics
Lesson 3 Obstacles to the Translation of Personalized Medicine into the Clinic
Chapter 4 Animal & Plant Genome Research and Its Agricultural Applications
Lesson 1 Plant and Animal Sequencing
Lesson 2 Animal Code: Our Favorite Genomes
Lesson 3 Sequencing of Animal/Plant Genomes and Its Application
Chapter 5 Metagenomics
Lesson 1 Metagenomics: The Science of Biological Diversity
Lesson 2 How Gut Bacteria Help Make Us Fat and Thin
Lesson 3 Next generation Sequencing Propels Environmental Genomics to the Front Line of Research
Chapter 6 Genomes and Biodiversity
Lesson 1 Genome 10K: a Proposal to Obtain Whole Genome Sequence for 10000
Vertebrate Species
Lesson 2 Biodiversity，Genomes，and DNA Sequence Databases
Lesson 3 Examples of Genome & Transcriptome Projects
Chapter 7 Biobanking
Lesson 1 Current Status，Challenges，Policies & Bioethics of Biobanks
Lesson 2 Building Better Biobank
Lesson 3 Biobank Promises to Pinpoint the Cause of Disease
Chapter 8 Big Resources in Biobanks
Lesson 1 Specimen Types for DNA Net Earth
Lesson 2 Specimen Collections in U.S. Biobanks: Results from a National Survey
Lesson 3 Examples of Aquatic Biobanks Worldwide
Glossary
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