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The deeper genome : why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye /

Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inherited diseases, and understand what makes us unique among animals. But things didn't turn out that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parrington, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How the genome lost its junk
  • The inheritors
  • Life as a code
  • Switches and signals
  • The spacious genome
  • RNA out of the shadows
  • It's a jungle in there!
  • The genome in 3D
  • The jumping genes
  • The marks of Lamarck
  • Code, non-code, garbage, and junk
  • Genes and disease
  • What makes us human?
  • The genome that became conscious
  • The case for complexity.