The Epigenetics Revolution

How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance

Nessa Carey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2012
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-16116-9 (ISBN)

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Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and innovations, this volume provides a readily understandable introduction to the foundations of epigenetics. Nessa Carey, a leading epigenetics researcher, connects the field's arguments to such diverse phenomena as how ants and queen bees control their colonies; why tortoiseshell cats are always female; why some plants need cold weather before they can flower; and how our bodies age and develop disease. Reaching beyond biology, epigenetics now informs work on drug addiction, the long-term effects of famine, and the physical and psychological consequences of childhood trauma. Carey concludes with a discussion of the future directions for this research and its ability to improve human health and well-being.

Nessa Carey is a visiting professor at Imperial College in London and currently works in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, where she has specialized in epigenetics for nearly a decade. She has strong relationships with leading epigenetics researchers, medical labs in Europe, and with some of the most prestigious institutions in the United States, including the Harvard Medical School, the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the Wistar Institute.

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. An Ugly Toad and an Elegant Man 2. How We Learned to Roll Uphill 3. Life As We Knew It 4. Life As We Know It Now 5. Why Aren't Identical Twins Actually Identical? 6. The Sins of the Fathers 7. The Generations Game 8. The Battle of the Sexes 9. Generation X 10. The Message Is Not the Medium 11. Fighting the Enemy Within 12. All in the Mind 13. The Downhill Slope 14. Long Live the Queen 15. The Green Revolution 16. The Ways Ahead Notes Glossary Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.3.2012
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-231-16116-6 / 0231161166
ISBN-13	978-0-231-16116-9 / 9780231161169
Zustand	Neuware