The Epigenetics Revolution - How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics ...

Zusatztext 'An exhilarating exploration of an exciting new field, and a good gift for a bright biology student looking for a career choice.' Informationen zum Autor Nessa Carey has a PhD in virology from the University of Edinburgh and has worked in the biotech industry for nearly ten years. Klappentext Looks at how modern biology and our new understanding of DNA is changing the way we consider genetics and ageing. Explains such diverse phenomena as how queen bees and ants control their colonies, and why tortoiseshell cats are always female. Zusammenfassung At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet.

Product details

• Authors: Nessa Carey, Carey Nessa
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9781848313477
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-347-7
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Icon Books
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, Health economics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics (non-medical), SCIENCE / Bioinformatics, Computational biology / bioinformatics