Defining the recently developed science of phylogenomics as the interface of phylogenetics and genomics, Murphy (veterinary medicine and integrative biosciences, Texas A&M U., College Station, Texas) introduces 15 chapters that offer a "...comparative analysis of genomes across all the branches of the tree of life." International scientists in bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, biotechnology, human genome research, cancer genetics, and related fields describe in detail the molecular protocols and computational tools for comparing and mapping genetic similarities between species. Such tools for identifying disease or other genes of interest include fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH), chromosome sorting by flow cytometry, and radiation hybrid mapping. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)