LEADER 05009nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910808720603321 005 20240313222154.0 010 $a981-281-095-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767420 035 $a(EBL)1193402 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000519520 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12214432 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519520 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10497979 035 $a(PQKB)10396849 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1193402 035 $a(WSP)00001444 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1193402 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10688141 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL498375 035 $a(OCoLC)780415361 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767420 100 $a20080523d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPraise of chromosome "folly" $econfessions of an untamed molecular structure /$fAntonio Lima-de-Faria 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (428 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-281-094-3 311 $a981-281-479-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aTo the Reader; References; Contents; Introductory Note; Part I The Source of "Folly" and the Reason for Confessions; 1. I am an Inconspicuous and Unattractive Creature Painted with Lipstick; 2. They Say That I Resemble a Sausage; 3. The Cell Is My Castle and Prison But I May Swim and Dance like an Odalisque in a Harem; 4. The Striptease Show - How I Dress and Undress at Every Cell Division; 5. I Have Created My Own Private World Full of Tricks, Back Door Exits and Novel Solutions - I am an Untamed Innovator 327 $a6. My Origins Were Humble - The Antithetical Nature of Matter Left a Mark on My Construction7. My Split Personality - The Source of "Folly"; 8. The Reason for Confessions; 9. I Have Been Abused and Covered With Insults; 10. The Wisdom of the Foolish; 11. Scientific Concepts Are Prone to Change Throughout Time - The Nature of Science Demands that Previous Ideas be Superseded, as New TechnologiesAllow a Deeper Insight into Matter 327 $a12. What Seems Ludicrous at a Given Time Turns Out to be the Correct Explanation Several Years Later. The Gene was Considered to Consist of Protein, But Is Now Known to be a Ribbon of DNA13. In the Last 20 Years the Number of Human Genes was Reduced from 200,000 to 32,000, and This Figure Remains Uncertain; 14. The Models of Chromosomes Have Varied Drastically with Time; References; Sources of Illustrations; Part II Who Cares for Gravity; 15. The Chromosome in Its Organization and Activity Follows Its Own Path - It Does Not Obey Gravity, Randomness, Selection or Magnetism 327 $a16. Definition of Gravity - Newton's Laws Are Good for Planets and Apples17. What Is a Force - The Four Fundamental Forces; 18. Newton's Laws Do Not Apply in Quantum Mechanics; 19. Not All Bodies Fall When Unsupported; 20. The Ascent of Sap in Trees-Another Unexplained Phenomenon; 21. An Unknown Process Decides Which Cells Are Going to Grow in the Direction of Gravity and Which Are Going to Counteract It; 22. Physicists Construct Antigravity Devices that Oblige Frogs and Plants to Float 327 $a23. Atoms Hide Many Properties that May Disclose the Mechanisms Behind Living Processes - Liquid Helium Can Build a Fountain Ejecting Itself Out of a Flask24. Levitation in Metals - What Was Impossible Became Possible; 25. Animals, like Plants, Have Created Devices that Counteract Gravity; 26. In Giraffes the Distance between the Heart and the Head Is Over Two Meters; 27. No Chromosome Obeys Newton's Laws - In Their Movements Chromosomes Bypass Gravity; 28. Chromosomes Move in All Directions of the Mariner's Compass 327 $a29. It Is the Programmed Pattern of the Organism that Decides the Direction of Movement 330 $aWhen examined carefully at the molecular level, the chromosome turns out to have created its own private world full of tricks, back door exits and novel solutions. This "folly" makes it an untamed innovator. Geneticists have been bewildered for decades. What kind of creature was actually the chromosome? Was it plastic, changing by innumerous rearrangements and mutations all the time; or was it a rigid structure which has preserved its basic organisation and functions since the dawn of the cell? It is this conflicting state that seems to be at the base of its "folly". Perplexed by this behavior 606 $aChromosomes 606 $aMutation (Biology) 606 $aGenetics 615 0$aChromosomes. 615 0$aMutation (Biology) 615 0$aGenetics. 676 $a572.8/7 700 $aLima-de-Faria$b A$063892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808720603321 996 $aPraise of chromosome "folly"$93921680 997 $aUNINA