Life's greatest secret : the race to crack the genetic code

Cobb, Matthew.

Book 2015

"'Life s Greatest Secret' is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us"-- Provided by publisher.

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DNA

Genetic code

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ISBN:

9780465062676
0465062679

Description:

xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-404) and index

Contents:

Genes before DNA
Information is everywhere
The transformation of genes
A slow revolution
The age of control
The double helix
Genetic information
The central dogma
Enzyme cybernetics
Enter the outsides
The race
Update
Surprises and sequences
The central dogma revisited
Brave new world
Origins and meanings

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1535190

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