Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome - Paperback
by Nessa Carey
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231170857ISBN-10:231170858UPC:9780231170857Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, BiotechnologyBook Topic:Genetics & Genomics, Cell BiologySize:8.60 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCTJDVXXKB
Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose. But researchers have recently discovered variations and modulations in this junk DNA that are involved with a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231170857ISBN-10:231170858UPC:9780231170857Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, BiotechnologyBook Topic:Genetics & Genomics, Cell BiologySize:8.60 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCTJDVXXKB
Nessa Carey is a visiting professor at Imperial College, London. She earned her Ph.D. in virology from the University of Edinburgh. Having worked in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries for more than a decade, she maintains strong relationships with leading researchers in Europe and across the United States, at such institutions as the Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania,...
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