Transposable Elements: A Guide to the Perplexed and the Novice : With Appendices on Rna Silencing, Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Tagging - Couverture rigide

Galun, Esra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1402014589 ISBN 13 : 9781402014581

Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

OY (])PONEOYLI TOIA YTA IIOAAOI OKOEOJII Many fail to grasp what they have seen, and cannot judge what they have learned, ErKYPEOYLI OYL1E MA(R)ONTEE ITINOEKOYIT although they tell themselves they know. EQYTOJII L1E L10KEOYLI Heraclitus of Ephesus, 500 BC " ... everyone that is not speckled and C T v: N;, 'T, ji, N, tuN '= spotted among the goats and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted N N, n =, c w=== c, m stolen with me." Genesis Chapter 30 From Heraclitus of Ephesus and later philosophers, we can deduce that observation of natural phenomena, even when keen and accurate, will not result in meaningful knowledge unless combined with analysis of the mind; just as analysis of the mind without acquaintance with natural phenomena will not suffice to grasp the perceivable world. Only familiarity with phenomena combined with mental analysis will lead to additional knowledge. The citation from Genesis, Chapter 30, is part of an unusual story. It tells how Jacob received, as payment for his service to Laban, the bulk of Laban's herds. By agreement, Jacob was to receive "only" the newborn speckled and spotted goats and the newborn brown sheep that differed completely from their parents. Did Jacob know that there was instability (transposable elements?) in the pigmentation of Laban's herd? It is reasonable to assume that Jacob combined his keen observation with analysis of his mind in order to predict the outcome: most of the newborns were indeed speckled, spotted or brown.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There are two major classes of Transposable Elements: Class I elements that are mobilized with an Rna intermediate (retrotransposons), and Class Ii elements that lack such an intermediate. This book provides a historical background and fully describes all known transposable elements, the modes of their transposition and the utilization of these elements in medicine, genetics, and crop improvement. It is the only text that is targeted at a wide range of readers and can be comprehended also by the novice in this field.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1402014589
• ISBN 13: 9781402014581
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Coordonnées du fabricant: KINESIS; https://www.also.com/ec/cms5/en_6000/6000/index.jsp; ; Friedrich-Karl-Str. 9; Hamburg; 22391; Allemagne