Libros
Genética y genómica
Genes, herencia y genomas.
Herencia
Universitario · En inglés
Mendel's principles of heredity
William Bateson, Gregor Mendel
Dover Publications, 2010
Mendel's 1865 paper, Experiments in Plant Hybridization, remained neglected till Bateson revived interest in Mendel's studies with this 1902 work, which helped lay the groundwork for the field of genetics. 8-page color insert.
Genomas
Divulgación · En inglés
Genome
Matt Ridley
Harper Perennial, 2006
The genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease,…
Divulgación · En inglés
Life Script
Nicholas Wade
Simon & Schuster, 2002
With the decoding of the human genome, researchers can now read the genetic program that evolution has written for the human body. A new generation of medical treatments is at hand, and researchers hope to uncover the genetic roots of illness and develop new therapies for most major diseases. Here, New York Times…
Universitario · En inglés
Mathematics of Genome Analysis
Jerome K. Percus
Cambridge University Press, 2002
Divulgación · En inglés
The Common Thread
John Sulston, Georgina Ferry
National Academy Press, 2002
The world was agog when scientists made the astounding announcement that they had successfully sequenced the human genome. Few contributed so directly to this feat as John Sulston. This is his personal account of one of the largest international scientific operations ever undertaken. It was a momentous occasion when…
Divulgación · En inglés
Transducing the Genome
Gary Zweiger
McGraw-Hill, 2002
The human genome (for the most part) has been sequenced, and we now find ourselves poised on the brink of a new era in science and in life. The enormous investment of money and effort that has been made in the HGP has brought into being a new science, the science of genomics. Going beyond the linking of genes to their…
Divulgación · En inglés
Welcome to the Genome
Rob DeSalle, Michael Yudell
Wiley & Sons, Limited, John, 2020
"Welcome to the Genome takes you right into the thick of today's most cutting-edge science and its far-reaching implications. Authors Rob DeSalle and Michael Yudell have written a book which clearly explains the ongoing saga of our attempts to understand the mystery of biology's Rosetta Stone and use its code to…
Epigenética
Universitario · En inglés
Epigenetic Processes and Evolution of Life
Jana Svorcová, Anton Markos
Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
The book covers the possible story of emergence of life and its subsequent evolution, emphasizing the necessary evolutionary step negotiation of a common "language set" which kept all inhabitants in the biosphere together, ensuring a basic level of understanding among them. The book focuses on "protocols of…
Edición genética
Divulgación
Código de la Vida
Walter Isaacson
Random House Espanol, 2021
A scientific biography of Jennifer Doudna, a founder and co-developer of the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and an examination of what happened after CRISPR hit the marketplace.
Genética humana
Divulgación
El gen
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Debate, 2017
Magnífico, necesario y absorbente, Siddhartha Mukherjee, ganador del Premio Pulitzer por El emperador de todos los males , ha escrito una extraordinaria «biografía» del gen y una respuesta a una de las cuestiones más relevantes del futuro: ¿Qué significa ser humano cuando se es capaz de manipular la información…
Divulgación
El Sueño Del Genoma Humano Y Otras Ilusiones
Richard C. Lewontin
Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 2002
¿Está determinada nuestra naturaleza --como individuos, como especie-- por nuestra evolución y codificada en nuestros genes? Si analizamos las secuencias de proteínas de nuestro ADN, ¿podremos curar cualquier aflicción fisiológica y psicológica e incluso resolver los problemas sociales más importantes? Hoy en día, los…
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