Libros

Genomas

Secuenciación, genoma humano, genómica comparada.

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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