The deeper genome : why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye / / John Parrington |
Autore | Parrington John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 572.86 |
Soggetto topico |
Genomes
Human genome DNA |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-100247-X
0-19-968874-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""The Deeper Genome: Why there is more to the human Genome than meets the eye""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: How the Genome Lost Its Junk""; ""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: The Case for Complexity""""GLOSSARY""; ""ENDNOTES""; ""Introduction: How the Genome Lost Its Junk""; ""Chapter 1: The Inheritors""; ""Chapter 2: Life as a Code""; ""Chapter 3: Switches and Signals""; ""Chapter 4: The Spacious Genome""; ""Chapter 5: RNA Out of the Shadows""; ""Chapter 6: It�s a Jungle in There!""; ""Chapter 7: The Genome in 3D""; ""Chapter 8: The Jumping Genes""; ""Chapter 9: The Marks of Lamarck""; ""Chapter 10: Code, Non-Code, Garbage, and Junk""; ""Chapter 11: Genes and Disease""; ""Chapter 12: What Makes Us Human?"" ""Chapter 13: The Genome That Became Conscious""""Conclusion: The Case for Complexity""; ""INDEX OF NAMES""; ""INDEX OF SUBJECTS""; ""ANCESTORS IN OUR GENOME: The New Science of Human Evolution""; ""BIOCODE: The New Age of Genomics""; ""FREAKS OF NATURE: And what they tell us about evolution and development""; ""LIFE UNFOLDING: How the human body creates itself""; ""MISMATCH: The Timebomb of Lifestyle Disease""; ""MISSING LINKS: In search of human origins""; ""NATURE�S ORACLE: The life and work of W. D. Hamilton""; ""WHAT IS LIFE? How Chemistry Becomes Biology"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460228203321 |
Parrington John | ||
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The deeper genome : why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye / / John Parrington |
Autore | Parrington John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 572.86 |
Soggetto topico |
Genomes
Human genome DNA |
ISBN |
0-19-100247-X
0-19-968874-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""The Deeper Genome: Why there is more to the human Genome than meets the eye""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: How the Genome Lost Its Junk""; ""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: The Case for Complexity""""GLOSSARY""; ""ENDNOTES""; ""Introduction: How the Genome Lost Its Junk""; ""Chapter 1: The Inheritors""; ""Chapter 2: Life as a Code""; ""Chapter 3: Switches and Signals""; ""Chapter 4: The Spacious Genome""; ""Chapter 5: RNA Out of the Shadows""; ""Chapter 6: It�s a Jungle in There!""; ""Chapter 7: The Genome in 3D""; ""Chapter 8: The Jumping Genes""; ""Chapter 9: The Marks of Lamarck""; ""Chapter 10: Code, Non-Code, Garbage, and Junk""; ""Chapter 11: Genes and Disease""; ""Chapter 12: What Makes Us Human?"" ""Chapter 13: The Genome That Became Conscious""""Conclusion: The Case for Complexity""; ""INDEX OF NAMES""; ""INDEX OF SUBJECTS""; ""ANCESTORS IN OUR GENOME: The New Science of Human Evolution""; ""BIOCODE: The New Age of Genomics""; ""FREAKS OF NATURE: And what they tell us about evolution and development""; ""LIFE UNFOLDING: How the human body creates itself""; ""MISMATCH: The Timebomb of Lifestyle Disease""; ""MISSING LINKS: In search of human origins""; ""NATURE�S ORACLE: The life and work of W. D. Hamilton""; ""WHAT IS LIFE? How Chemistry Becomes Biology"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797186903321 |
Parrington John | ||
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The deeper genome : why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye / / John Parrington |
Autore | Parrington John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 572.86 |
Soggetto topico |
Genomes
Human genome DNA |
ISBN |
0-19-100247-X
0-19-968874-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""The Deeper Genome: Why there is more to the human Genome than meets the eye""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: How the Genome Lost Its Junk""; ""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: The Case for Complexity""""GLOSSARY""; ""ENDNOTES""; ""Introduction: How the Genome Lost Its Junk""; ""Chapter 1: The Inheritors""; ""Chapter 2: Life as a Code""; ""Chapter 3: Switches and Signals""; ""Chapter 4: The Spacious Genome""; ""Chapter 5: RNA Out of the Shadows""; ""Chapter 6: It�s a Jungle in There!""; ""Chapter 7: The Genome in 3D""; ""Chapter 8: The Jumping Genes""; ""Chapter 9: The Marks of Lamarck""; ""Chapter 10: Code, Non-Code, Garbage, and Junk""; ""Chapter 11: Genes and Disease""; ""Chapter 12: What Makes Us Human?"" ""Chapter 13: The Genome That Became Conscious""""Conclusion: The Case for Complexity""; ""INDEX OF NAMES""; ""INDEX OF SUBJECTS""; ""ANCESTORS IN OUR GENOME: The New Science of Human Evolution""; ""BIOCODE: The New Age of Genomics""; ""FREAKS OF NATURE: And what they tell us about evolution and development""; ""LIFE UNFOLDING: How the human body creates itself""; ""MISMATCH: The Timebomb of Lifestyle Disease""; ""MISSING LINKS: In search of human origins""; ""NATURE�S ORACLE: The life and work of W. D. Hamilton""; ""WHAT IS LIFE? How Chemistry Becomes Biology"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810014703321 |
Parrington John | ||
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Redesigning life : how genome editing will transform the world / / John Parrington |
Autore | Parrington John |
Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
Disciplina | 660.6/5 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Genomics
Genetic engineering |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-191895-4
0-19-876683-1 0-19-107971-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; redesigning life: how genome editing will tranform the world; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; Colour Plates; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; A Scientific Revolution; 1: Natural Born Mutants; From Wolf to Hound; A Feline Interloper; Taming the Earth; Many New Breeds; Natural Born Mutants; A Model of Life; Fancy Mice; Enhancing Abnormality; 2: Supersize My Mouse; Engineering Life; Birth of Biotechnology; A Giant Mouse; Crop Controversy; Genes as Therapy; Pluripotent Potential; Knockouts and Knockins; 3: Light as a Life Tool; A Living Palette
Green Eggs and SpermVisualizing the Brain; Light-Induced Thoughts; Making a Memory; 4: The Gene Scissors; Molecular Scissors; A CRISPR Cut; Life in a Dish; Remote-Controlled Genes; Problems with Patents; A Step Too Far?; 5: Next Year's Models; Mice as Models; Matters of the Heart; The Complex Brain; Modify My Monkey; The Language Gene; 6: The Molecular Farm; Feeding Humanity; Subtlety and Speed; Surviving the Extremes; Enviropigs and Frankenfish; Hornless Cows and Beefy Bulls; The Pressure to Patent; 7: New Gene Therapy; Single Gene Disorders; New Cancer Cures; Genes that Protect Targeting Killer VirusesPossibilities and Problems; A Question of Delivery; The Germline Taboo; 8: Regenerating Life; A Very Gifted Cell; The Cloning Controversy; Reprogramming Revolution; Self-Organizing Organs; When Technologies Meet; 9: Life as a Machine; Life at the Extremes; Synthetic Life Code; Biohackers in Hackney; Subverting the Genome; New Artificial Life Forms; 10: A Redesigned Planet?; Utopias and Dystopias; New Gene Therapy; How to Conquer Cancer; Disorders of the Mind; New Organs for Old; Artificial Sex Cells; The New Eugenics?; Roots of Intelligence; Talent Born or Made? Nature and NurtureThe Case for Regulation; A Question of Safety; Pigoons and Other Oddities; Meddling with Monkeys; A Question of Language; Fears about Food; Food for the People; Editing as Aesthetics; Engineering a Winner; Manufacturing Mammoths; Dino-Chickens and Unicorns; The Remaking of Humankind; Prospects for the Future; GLOSSARY; ENDNOTES; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; Chapter 1: Natural Born Mutants; Chapter 2: Supersize My Mouse; Chapter 3: Light as a Life Tool; Chapter 4: The Gene Scissors; Chapter 5: Next Year's Models; Chapter 6: The Molecular Farm Chapter 7: New Gene TherapyChapter 8: Regenerating Life; Chapter 9: Life as a Machine; Chapter 10: A Redesigned Planet?; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; ANCESTORS IN OUR GENOME: The New Science of Human Evolution; BIOCODE: The New Age of Genomics; THE DEEPER GENOME: Why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye; ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ONE: Symbiosis and the evolution of complex life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465352803321 |
Parrington John | ||
Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Redesigning life : how genome editing will transform the world / / John Parrington |
Autore | Parrington John |
Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
Disciplina | 660.6/5 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Genomics
Genetic engineering |
ISBN |
0-19-191895-4
0-19-876683-1 0-19-107971-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; redesigning life: how genome editing will tranform the world; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; Colour Plates; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; A Scientific Revolution; 1: Natural Born Mutants; From Wolf to Hound; A Feline Interloper; Taming the Earth; Many New Breeds; Natural Born Mutants; A Model of Life; Fancy Mice; Enhancing Abnormality; 2: Supersize My Mouse; Engineering Life; Birth of Biotechnology; A Giant Mouse; Crop Controversy; Genes as Therapy; Pluripotent Potential; Knockouts and Knockins; 3: Light as a Life Tool; A Living Palette
Green Eggs and SpermVisualizing the Brain; Light-Induced Thoughts; Making a Memory; 4: The Gene Scissors; Molecular Scissors; A CRISPR Cut; Life in a Dish; Remote-Controlled Genes; Problems with Patents; A Step Too Far?; 5: Next Year's Models; Mice as Models; Matters of the Heart; The Complex Brain; Modify My Monkey; The Language Gene; 6: The Molecular Farm; Feeding Humanity; Subtlety and Speed; Surviving the Extremes; Enviropigs and Frankenfish; Hornless Cows and Beefy Bulls; The Pressure to Patent; 7: New Gene Therapy; Single Gene Disorders; New Cancer Cures; Genes that Protect Targeting Killer VirusesPossibilities and Problems; A Question of Delivery; The Germline Taboo; 8: Regenerating Life; A Very Gifted Cell; The Cloning Controversy; Reprogramming Revolution; Self-Organizing Organs; When Technologies Meet; 9: Life as a Machine; Life at the Extremes; Synthetic Life Code; Biohackers in Hackney; Subverting the Genome; New Artificial Life Forms; 10: A Redesigned Planet?; Utopias and Dystopias; New Gene Therapy; How to Conquer Cancer; Disorders of the Mind; New Organs for Old; Artificial Sex Cells; The New Eugenics?; Roots of Intelligence; Talent Born or Made? Nature and NurtureThe Case for Regulation; A Question of Safety; Pigoons and Other Oddities; Meddling with Monkeys; A Question of Language; Fears about Food; Food for the People; Editing as Aesthetics; Engineering a Winner; Manufacturing Mammoths; Dino-Chickens and Unicorns; The Remaking of Humankind; Prospects for the Future; GLOSSARY; ENDNOTES; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; Chapter 1: Natural Born Mutants; Chapter 2: Supersize My Mouse; Chapter 3: Light as a Life Tool; Chapter 4: The Gene Scissors; Chapter 5: Next Year's Models; Chapter 6: The Molecular Farm Chapter 7: New Gene TherapyChapter 8: Regenerating Life; Chapter 9: Life as a Machine; Chapter 10: A Redesigned Planet?; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; ANCESTORS IN OUR GENOME: The New Science of Human Evolution; BIOCODE: The New Age of Genomics; THE DEEPER GENOME: Why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye; ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ONE: Symbiosis and the evolution of complex life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798425603321 |
Parrington John | ||
Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Redesigning life : how genome editing will transform the world / / John Parrington |
Autore | Parrington John |
Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
Disciplina | 660.6/5 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Genomics
Genetic engineering |
ISBN |
0-19-191895-4
0-19-876683-1 0-19-107971-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; redesigning life: how genome editing will tranform the world; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; Colour Plates; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; A Scientific Revolution; 1: Natural Born Mutants; From Wolf to Hound; A Feline Interloper; Taming the Earth; Many New Breeds; Natural Born Mutants; A Model of Life; Fancy Mice; Enhancing Abnormality; 2: Supersize My Mouse; Engineering Life; Birth of Biotechnology; A Giant Mouse; Crop Controversy; Genes as Therapy; Pluripotent Potential; Knockouts and Knockins; 3: Light as a Life Tool; A Living Palette
Green Eggs and SpermVisualizing the Brain; Light-Induced Thoughts; Making a Memory; 4: The Gene Scissors; Molecular Scissors; A CRISPR Cut; Life in a Dish; Remote-Controlled Genes; Problems with Patents; A Step Too Far?; 5: Next Year's Models; Mice as Models; Matters of the Heart; The Complex Brain; Modify My Monkey; The Language Gene; 6: The Molecular Farm; Feeding Humanity; Subtlety and Speed; Surviving the Extremes; Enviropigs and Frankenfish; Hornless Cows and Beefy Bulls; The Pressure to Patent; 7: New Gene Therapy; Single Gene Disorders; New Cancer Cures; Genes that Protect Targeting Killer VirusesPossibilities and Problems; A Question of Delivery; The Germline Taboo; 8: Regenerating Life; A Very Gifted Cell; The Cloning Controversy; Reprogramming Revolution; Self-Organizing Organs; When Technologies Meet; 9: Life as a Machine; Life at the Extremes; Synthetic Life Code; Biohackers in Hackney; Subverting the Genome; New Artificial Life Forms; 10: A Redesigned Planet?; Utopias and Dystopias; New Gene Therapy; How to Conquer Cancer; Disorders of the Mind; New Organs for Old; Artificial Sex Cells; The New Eugenics?; Roots of Intelligence; Talent Born or Made? Nature and NurtureThe Case for Regulation; A Question of Safety; Pigoons and Other Oddities; Meddling with Monkeys; A Question of Language; Fears about Food; Food for the People; Editing as Aesthetics; Engineering a Winner; Manufacturing Mammoths; Dino-Chickens and Unicorns; The Remaking of Humankind; Prospects for the Future; GLOSSARY; ENDNOTES; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; Chapter 1: Natural Born Mutants; Chapter 2: Supersize My Mouse; Chapter 3: Light as a Life Tool; Chapter 4: The Gene Scissors; Chapter 5: Next Year's Models; Chapter 6: The Molecular Farm Chapter 7: New Gene TherapyChapter 8: Regenerating Life; Chapter 9: Life as a Machine; Chapter 10: A Redesigned Planet?; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; ANCESTORS IN OUR GENOME: The New Science of Human Evolution; BIOCODE: The New Age of Genomics; THE DEEPER GENOME: Why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye; ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ONE: Symbiosis and the evolution of complex life |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822150803321 |
Parrington John | ||
Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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