DNA的秘密：遗传学如何改变世界The Secrets of our DNATuri King

基本信息

Book Details

ISBN-13: 9781529980752

ISBN-10: 1529980755

Author: Professor Turi King, Turi King

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Imprint: Doubleday

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 480

Release Date: 21 September 2026

Weight: 700g

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 40mm

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

概要

本书出自英国DNA和基因研究领域的专家之手，是一部破除迷思的力作，它为我们打开了一扇通往现代遗传学世界的大门，并揭示了它如何影响着21世纪生活的方方面面。

即便在25年前，除了法医案件之外，恐怕很少有人听说过DNA。如今，遗传学已融入我们的日常生活，人们对遗传学的兴趣也与日俱增，尤其是在面向消费者的健康、家族史和祖源检测方面。

那么，我们是如何走到今天，对遗传学的理解（以及误解）变得如此普遍的呢？英国DNA和遗传学领域的科学家图里·金教授将带领我们回顾一系列关键案例（包括法律案例和其他案例），阐释现代遗传学及其在警务、个人历史、政治和健康等领域的应用。从优生学到错误的恐龙DNA，安吉丽娜·朱莉的BRCA1基因，我们将通过科学探索遗传学如何影响和塑造我们的社会，以及我们对生命基本组成部分的日益增长的认识如何能够增进我们对过去的理解，以及它将如何影响我们的未来。

Summary

From the UK’s pre-eminent authority on DNA and genetic research, a myth-busting book that provides a window into the world of modern genetics and shows how it informs so many areas of 21st-century life.

Go back even a quarter of a century, and few people would have heard of DNA, except perhaps in a forensic case. Now, genetics plays a part in our everyday culture, and our interest in genetics is booming, particularly in the form of direct-to-consumer genetic testing for health, family history, and ancestry testing.

So, how did we get to the point where our understanding (and misunderstanding) of genetics became so commonplace? Professor Turi King, the UK’s preeminent scientist in DNA and genetics, takes us on a journey through the key cases, legal and otherwise, which explain modern genetics and how it now informs policing, personal histories, migration, politics, and health. From eugenics to mistaken dinosaur DNA, the OJ Simpson trial to Angelina Jolie’s BRCA1 gene, we are led through the science to discover how genetics has impacted and shaped our society, and how our growing knowledge of the building blocks of life can inform our understanding of our past and how it will affect our future.

作者简介

图里·金教授是DNA和遗传学研究领域的专家，以其深入浅出、引人入胜的讲解方式而闻名。她是巴斯大学米尔纳进化中心主任，曾任莱斯特大学公共参与和遗传学教授。她是英国科学协会荣誉会员、英国生物学会会员、伦敦古物学会会员、英国特许法医学会会员和国际法医遗传学会会员。她因鉴定理查三世、玛丽·简·凯利（开膛手杰克的后一位受害者）以及弗吉尼亚詹姆斯敦殖民地总督乔治·耶德利爵士的后裔而闻名。

Professor Turi King is the pre-eminent authority on DNA and genetic research, and is renowned for presenting complex findings on DNA and genetic science in an accessible and compelling way. She is Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath and was previously Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics at the University of Leicester. She is an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association, a Fellow of the Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and a Member of the International Society of Forensic Geneticists. She is well-known for her work on identifying Richard III, Mary Jane Kelly (the last victim of Jack the Ripper), and the descendants of Sir George Yeardley, colonial Governor of Virginia, of Jamestown.