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The music of life : biology beyond the genome /
What is Life? This is the question asked by Denis Noble in this very personal and at times deeply lyrical book. Noble is a renowned physiologist and systems biologist, and he argues that the genome is not life itself: to understand what life is, we must view it at a variety of different levels, all...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; 1. The CD of Life: the Genome; 2. The Organ of 30,000 Pipes; 3. The Score: is it Written Down?; 4. The Conductor: Downward Causation; 5. The Rhythm Section: the Heartbeat and other Rhythms; 6. The Orchestra: Organs and Systems of the Body; 7. Modes and Keys: Cellular Harmony; 8. The Composer: Evolution; 9. The Opera Theatre: the Brain; 10. Curtain Call: the Artist Disappears; Bibliography; Index.