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The Deeper Genome

Why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye

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Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-968874-6 (ISBN)
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Mapping the human genome proved to be just the beginning in understanding our genes, what makes us human, and how we can use the knowledge to cure inherited diseases. John Parrington describes an emerging picture of our genome, in 3D, with many non-gene players and environmental influences, that is far more complex and subtle than we ever imagined.
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 way. For a start, we turned out to have far fewer genes than originally thought - just over 20,000, the same sort of number as a fruit fly or worm. What's more, the proportion
of DNA consisting of genes coding for proteins was a mere 2%. So, was the rest of the genome accumulated 'junk'?

Things have changed since those early heady days of the Human Genome Project. But the emerging picture is if anything far more exciting. In this book, John Parrington explains the key features that are coming to light - some, such as the results of the international ENCODE programme, still much debated and controversial in their scope. He gives an outline of the deeper genome, involving layers of regulatory elements controlling and coordinating the switching on and off of genes; the impact of
its 3D geometry; the discovery of a variety of new RNAs playing critical roles; the epigenetic changes influenced by the environment and life experiences that can make identical twins different and be passed on to the next generation; and the clues coming out of comparisons with the genomes of
Neanderthals as well as that of chimps about the development our species. We are learning more about ourselves, and about the genetic aspects of many diseases. But in its complexity, flexibility, and ability to respond to environmental cues, the human genome is proving to be far more subtle than we ever imagined.

John Parrington is an Associate Professor in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow in Medicine at Worcester College, Oxford. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in science journals including Nature, Current Biology, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, The EMBO Journal, Development, Developmental Biology, and Human Reproduction. He has extensive experience writing popular science, having published articles in The Guardian, New Scientist, Chemistry World, and The Biologist. As a British Science Association Media Fellow he has worked as a science journalist at The Times for 7 weeks where he published 22 articles. He has also written science reports for the Wellcome Trust, British Council, and Royal Society.

Introduction: What are genes?
1: The Inheritors
2: Life as a Code
3: Switches and Signals
4: The Spacious Genome
5: RNA Out of the Shadows
6: It's a Jungle in There!
7: The Genome in 3D
8: The Jumping Genes
9: The Marks of Lamarck
10: Code, Non-Code, Garbage, and Junk
11: Genes and Disease
12: What Makes us Human?
13: The Genome That Became Conscious
Conclusion
Glossary
Index

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Zusatzinfo 26 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 142 x 194 mm
Gewicht 202 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Informatik Weitere Themen Bioinformatik
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Humangenetik
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10 0-19-968874-5 / 0199688745
ISBN-13 978-0-19-968874-6 / 9780199688746
Zustand Neuware
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