Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 352 pages

Publisher:Icon Books Ltd

Imprint:Icon Books Ltd

ISBN:9781848319158

Published:3 Sep 2015

Weight:260g

Dimensions:131 x 197 x 25 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《垃圾DNA》在写作上继承了内莎·凯里一贯的风格，内容翔实、风趣幽默。与《遗传的革命》一样，本书具有很强的科学性和新颖性，可作为生物学、医学和遗传学等学科的学生及科研人员拓展知识的学习材料。

几十年来，我们98%的DNA被写成“垃圾”，理由是它不能为蛋白质编码。从罕见的遗传病到唐氏综合症，从病毒感染到衰老过程，直到现在，这些垃圾区域的影响和重要功能才开始显现出来。科学家们对这一经常有争议的领域的知识迅速增长，已经成功治愈了失明，并通过DNA指纹识别将无辜者从死囚牢房中拯救出来，而且看起来将彻底改变包括肥胖症在内的许多医疗状况。

这本书出自备受赞誉的《表观遗传学革命》的作者内莎·凯里之手，是第一本面向普通读者的书，该主题可能是人类复杂性的秘密的基础，甚至是地球上生命的起源。

Cutting-edge popular science from the author of the brilliant The Epigenetics Revolution.

For decades, 98 per cent of our DNA was written off as 'junk' on the grounds that it did not code for proteins. From rare genetic diseases to Down's Syndrome, from viral infections to the ageing process, only now are the effects and the vital functions of these junk regions beginning to emerge. Scientists' rapidly growing knowledge of this often controversial field has already provided a successful cure for blindness and saved innocent people from death row via DNA fingerprinting, and looks set to revolutionise treatment for many medical conditions including obesity.

From Nessa Carey, author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution, this is the first book for a general readership on a subject that may underpin the secrets of human complexity - even the very origins of life on earth.

作者简介

内莎·凯里拥有爱丁堡大学的病毒学博士学位，并在生物技术和制药业工作了13年。她是伦敦帝国学院的客座教授。她的上一本书《遗传的革命：表观遗传学将改变我们对生命的理解》于2011年由Icon Books出版，并被描述为“一本会让达尔文晕倒的书--对我们是谁以及我们如何运作感兴趣的人都应该阅读这本书”。

Nessa Carey has a PhD in virology from the University of Edinburgh and worked in the biotech and pharma industry for thirteen years. She is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. Her previous book, The Epigenetics Revolution, was published by Icon Books in 2011. and described as a 'book that would have had Darwin swooning - anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this.'