Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding how our genes work - Couverture souple

Arney, Kat

 
9781472910059: Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding how our genes work
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1472910052 ISBN 13 : 9781472910059
Editeur : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016

Synopsis

How DNA is packed, unpacked and read - a companion reader to the book of life itself.

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À propos de l'auteur

Following a doctorate and subsequent research career in genetics, Kat Arney went on to become Science Communications Manager for Cancer Research UK, where she translated science into plain English to help people understand more about the disease.

Now a freelance science writer and broadcaster, Kat's writing has appeared in the Guardian, Science, New Scientist, BBC Online and Al-Jazeera Online.
Kat regularly appears on national TV and radio shows, including Today, BBC Breakfast and GMTV, talking about the latest cancer research. She has presented several BBC Radio 4 science documentaries and programmes in the Costing the Earth series, is a regular presenter with the Naked Scientists, and presents and produces the Naked Genetics monthly podcast.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

According to legend, Ernest Hemingway was once given a six-toed cat by an old sea captain, and her distinctive descendants still roam the writer's Florida estate today. Scientists now know that the fault driving this profusion of digits lies in a tiny genetic control switch, miles away (in molecular terms) from the gene that 'makes' toes. And it's the same mistake that gives rise to multi-toed humans too. There are 2.2 metres of DNA inside every one of your cells, encoding roughly 20,000 genes. These are the 'recipes' that tell our cells how to make the building blocks of life, along with myriad control switches ensuring they're turned on and off at the right time and in the right place. But rather than a static string of genetic code, this is a dynamic, writhing biological library. And figuring out how it all works - how your genes make you, you - is a major challenge for researchers around the world. Drawing on stories ranging from six-toed cats and stickleback hips to wobbly worms and zombie genes, geneticist Kat Arney explores the how our genes work, creating a companion reader to the book of life itself.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

According to legend, Ernest Hemingway was once given a six-toed cat by an old sea captain, and her distinctive descendants still roam the writer's Florida estate today. Scientists now know that the fault driving this profusion of digits lies in a tiny genetic control switch, miles away (in molecular terms) from the gene that 'makes' toes. And it's the same mistake that gives rise to multi-toed humans too. There are 2.2 metres of DNA inside every one of your cells, encoding roughly 20,000 genes. These are the 'recipes' that tell our cells how to make the building blocks of life, along with myriad control switches ensuring they're turned on and off at the right time and in the right place. But rather than a static string of genetic code, this is a dynamic, writhing biological library. And figuring out how it all works - how your genes make you, you - is a major challenge for researchers around the world. Drawing on stories ranging from six-toed cats and stickleback hips to wobbly worms and zombie genes, geneticist Kat Arney explores the how our genes work, creating a companion reader to the book of life itself.

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Éditeur
Bloomsbury Sigma
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1472910052
ISBN 13 
9781472910059
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1472910079 ISBN 13 :  9781472910073
Editeur : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017
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