The Compatibility Gene : How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves.

The Compatibility Gene takes readers on a global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology. That journey has revealed astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Daniel M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.
Temas:
Human molecular genetics.
Immunogenetics.
Infection > Immunological aspects.
Medical genetics.
Immunogenetics
Genetics, Medical
Génétique moléculaire humaine.
Immunogénétique.
Infection > Immunologie.
Génétique médicale.
Human molecular genetics
Infection > Immunological aspects
Medical genetics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Compatibility Gene takes readers on a global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology. That journey has revealed astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive disease. Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the differ.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (249 pages)
ISBN:9780199316427
0199316422

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