Junk DNA
Subtitle: a journey through the dark matter of the genome
By: Nessa Carey
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780231170840
Subjects: Genomics; DNA Insertion elements; Human genome; Non-coding RNA; Recombinant DNA; Eukaryotic cells; Gene therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to genomic dark matter; title: Why dark matter matters; title: When dark matter turns very dark indeed; title: Where did all the genes go?; title: Outstaying an invitation; title: Everything shrinks when we get old; title: Two is the perfect number; title: Painting with junk; title: Playing the long game; title: Adding colour to the dark matter; title: Why parents love junk; title: Junk with a mission; title: Switching it on, turning it up; title: No man's land; title: Project ENCODE : Big Science comes to junk DNA; title: Headless queens, strange cats, and portly mice; title: Lost in translation; title: Why LEGO is better than Airfix; title: Mini can be mighty; title: The drugs do work (sometimes); title: Some light in the darkness; title: Appendix. Human diseases in which junk DNA has been implicated.