The intent is a basic text for undergraduate and postgraduate students in biotechnology as well as researchers in other fields. Material is arranged in chapters beginning with a basic introduction to genes and genomes, discussion of the human genome project, model organisms, high capacity vectors, DNA sequencing methods, genome mapping and sequencing methods, and genome sequence assembly and annotation. Following are chapters on functional genomics, proteomics, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins, mass spectrometry for proteomics, protein identification by peptide mass fingerprinting, protein sequencing techniques, phosphoproteomics, and glycoproteomics. Each chapter concludes with review questions and answers. The two authors are affiliated with Kumaraguru College of Technology, India. The volume is distributed in North America by BookMasters. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)