It's in Your DNA
：From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging
Publication subTitle ：From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9780128125687
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780128125021
Subject： C913.6 in the elderly;;Q1 General Biology;Q11 biological evolution and development;Q14 Biological Ecology (Ecology);Q3 Genetics;Q5 Biochemistry;Q81 Bioengineering ( Biotechnology );R592 geriatrics;R73 Oncology
Keyword： 生物工程学(生物技术),遗传学,生物演化与发展,生态学（生物生态学）,普通生物学,生物化学,肿瘤学,老年病学,中、老年人问题
Language： ENG
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Description
It's in Your DNA: From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging describes, in a clear, approachable manner, the progression of the experiments that eventually led to our current understanding of DNA. This fascinating work tells the whole story from the discovery of DNA and its structure, how it replicates, codes for proteins, and our current ability to analyze and manipulate it in genetic engineering to begin to understand the central role of DNA in evolution, cancer, and aging.
While telling the scientific story of DNA, this captivating treatise is further enhanced by brief sketches of the colorful lives and personalities of the key scientists and pioneers of DNA research. Major discoveries by Meischer, Darwin, and Mendel and their impacts are discussed, including the merging of the disciplines of genetics, evolutionary biology, and nucleic acid biochemistry, giving rise to molecular genetics.
After tracing development of the gene concept, critical experiments are described and a new biological paradigm, the hologenome concept of evolution, is introduced and described. The final two chapters of the work focus on DNA as it relates to cancer and gerontology.
This book provides readers with much-needed knowledge to help advance their understanding of the subject and stimulate further research. It will appeal to researchers, students, and others with diverse backgrounds within or beyond the life sciences, includin
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