Cat Genetics

The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you’d be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology.

Why do women live longer than men? Why do women have menopause? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? And does the female brain really exist? In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, she covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex.

You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony. Until recently, we had thought our microbes hardly mattered, but science is revealing a different story, one in which microbes run our bodies and becoming a healthy human is impossible without them.

From the Bestselling Author P.S. Power comes an exciting adventure that will change the world. Tor Baker is no ordinary boy. Hailing from a humble background in the deep woods, Tor has been granted a special scholarship from the king to study magic, and he's determined to make the most of it. But when he finds himself entangled in a web of secrets and schemes that have been building for years before his birth, Tor must rely on all of his magical skills and cunning to save himself and the kingdom. With intrigue, danger, and a hint of romance, this story will keep you guessing until the very ...

Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, she covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings will completely change what you think you know about evolution.

Volume 2 in the Half-a-Rat, Post Apocalyptic YA Science Fiction series. Genetically modified animals struggle to survive on a future earth no longer inhabited by mankind. An Artificial Intelligence rules The City where a select group of survivors are ordered to re establish contact with a few returning humans, whether they want to or not.

Earth died, but even in death she’s still got a lot to offer. She’s not going to hand those gifts over easily, though. Who would be crazy enough to abandon the comfort of the Atlantica Stations to go treasure hunting on a dying world? Enter Dante Slate, professional Plunderer, and the very best at what he does.

Discover a world beyond what you can imagine in P.S. Power's thrilling new adventure. Jacob Hines is thrust into a mysterious and strange walled community where secrets are kept and dangers lurk around every corner. Accused of the murder of his parents, Jake is taken in by his grandparents, or so it seems. With a mysterious power living inside of him, Jake must fight to protect the secrets of the world and his own mind. Will he be able to escape this impossible world before it's too late? If you enjoyed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, then you'll love P.S. Power's new novel. Buy now ...

From the incredible P.S. Power comes another stunning tale of adventure and intrigue! Hannah de Peyser, The Damsel, isn't one of those any longer. Tired of living life as a perpetual victim, she's become something very different. A fighter. A warrior, perhaps. Maybe even a hero. The one standing in the way... Which naturally means that The Enemy is choosing her as one of their main targets in the war to destroy all humankind. It isn't the role she would have chosen, but if they want a fight, they're looking in the right place. Because Hannah isn't planning to give up and let evil win. Not ...

When worlds collide, you either get crushed between them, or learn to be far more than anyone ever thought possible. Yarrow Ull, convicted murderer, prisoner and former elite soldier must make a new life for himself, and those who came with him, in a very different, very magical, reality. He has lessons to learn, but also valuable ideas to share. That is, if he lives that long. Because another reality is planning something which might be very bad for his new world. That's a thing that Yarrow Ull will not allow at all, if he can help it. If he has a choice.

Somebody has stolen the most beautiful cat in history! It’s 2050, and the Cerulean cat, with its mesmerizing iridescent blue fur, is the ultimate genomic engineering triumph of the high-flying company, Animata. Animata reaps massive profits creating and selling a marvelous menagerie of animals—including exotic crosses like cogs, dats, snurtles, alliphants, hamakeets, and feather boas. Its ultra-rich clients, however, clamor for the really spectacular specimens—dragons, unicorns. . . and now the Cerulean. The stunning cat had promised to bring billions of dollars from a corporation, a ...

From the Bestselling Author P.S. Power comes an Exciting Adventure that will change the world. A hand, pale and small, reached back and pulled him into the light… Yarrow Ull isn’t a good man. He’s done too much, hurt too many people to ever believe that about himself. Still, when he’s literally pulled into another world, while helping some criminals escape from prison, new things start to happen for him. He has, if he can make himself take it, a chance to become more than he ever thought he would be again. Now it’s his turn, possibly at least, to extend his own hand, and help pull...

Another amazing series from the beloved and bestselling author... Hannah isn't going to be a victim any longer. No matter what it takes. She will die first. She will kill. Will she become a hero though? When she's kidnapped, out of her bed, in the middle of the night, she's suddenly thrust into having to decide that one salient point. Is she going to think of herself first, or become more than she ever imagined, and truly become... The Damsel, no more.

The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise. So we've all heard of genes, but how do they actually work?

Another amazing series from the beloved and bestselling author... Hannah isn't a damsel any longer... But she might just become a monster, if she isn't careful. One thing is certain though, even if she isn't a hero, no one messes with her people. Not if they want to survive.

From the Bestselling Author P.S. Power comes an Exciting Adventure that will change the world. Yarrow Ull accidentally escaped from a life sentence for murder. Pulled through a portal as felons escaped into another world. A place of magic and wonder. A situation in which even a serial killer might well be allowed to redeem himself. Only now his old home has come for its people. Which is a thing that Yar simply cannot allow. A thing he will not allow.

Another amazing series from the beloved and bestselling author... In the midst of a plague that has swept the world, when medical science has failed to protect the people, Hannah de Peyser must find a way to prevail... She's not the Damsel any longer, but if you aren't going to be a victim, you have to stand up and actually fight back. Sometimes that can take you into strange realms that most never even dream of seeing.

Another amazing series from the beloved and bestselling author... Hannah refuses to be a victim. She isn't the damsel in distress, waiting to be save, any longer. Still, when a super powered werewolf attacks, she has some problems. Because something is coming down on her world and Hannah doesn't know if simply not being a victim is enough to leave her alive.

In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, she covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it’s an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long.

For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose. But researchers have recently discovered variations and modulations in this junk DNA that are involved with a number of intractable diseases. Junk DNA can play vital and unanticipated roles in the control of gene expression, from fine-tuning individual genes to switching off entire chromosomes.