This book describes the major discoveries regarding chlamydial evolution, virulence, and pathogenesis as they relate to human chlamydial diseases worldwide. It discusses these discoveries through the application of new and advanced bioinformatics and statistical tools for comparative genomics, microarray analyses, and functional genomics. This monograph also deals with the threat posed by the expanding and evolving repertoire of chlamydial organisms that originate from reptiles and lower-vertebrate mammals, as well as from the environment. It includes an in-depth discussion on how these...

Revision is often a confusing and difficult process for students, but it's also the most important part of the writing process. If students leave our classrooms not knowing how to move a piece of writing forward, we've failed them. Revision Decisions will help teachers develop the skills students need in an ever-evolving writing, language, and reading world. Jeff Anderson and Deborah Dean have written a book that engages writers in the tinkering, playing, and thinking that are essential to clarify and elevate writing.

Focusing on sentences, Jeff and Deborah use mentor texts to...