Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code
2015, 1st edition. Basic Books. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #236939
Contents; Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Genes before DNA -- 2. Information is everywhere -- 3. The transformation of genes -- 4. A slow revolution -- 5. The age of control -- 6. The double helix -- 7. Genetic information -- 8. The central dogma -- 9. Enzyme cybernetics -- 10. Enter the outsiders -- 11. The race -- Update -- 12. Surprises and sequences -- 13. The central dogma revisited -- 14. Brave new world -- 15. Origins and meanings -- Conclusion -- Glossary and acronyms -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Photo insert -- Notes -- List of illustrations -- Index. Subjects; Genetic disorders. Genetics -- Methodology. Genotype-environment interaction. Phenotype.
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