Biocode : the new age of genomics / Dawn Field & Neil Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, Dawn, author.

Davies, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genomics.

Biotic communities.

DNA.

Biodiversity.

Ecosystem.

Medical Subjects:

Genomics.

Ecosystem.

DNA.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

xii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The living world runs on genomic software-- what Dawn Field and Neil Davies call the 'biocode'- -the sum of all DNA on Earth. In Biocode, they tell the story of a new age of scientific discovery: the growing global effort to read and map the biocode, and what that might mean for the future."--Publisher's web site.

Contents:

DNA. Immortal coil ; A world in your wardrobe ; The molecular narcissist ; 'Who's Your Daddy?' ; The case of the unusual cat ; Stranger visions; Advertising your genes

Personal genomics. Science rock star genomes ; 'Six billion base pairs for six billion people' ; A scant 30,000 genomes ; Genomics 101 ; Genomics Goliath; Blindsided

Homo evolutis. BabySeq ; Devil's Ark ; De-extinction ; Synthia ; Embryo genomics ; Genomematch.com ; Humanity rebooted

Zoo in my sequencer. Elvis lives ; Genomic GOLD ; Does size matter? ; Don't call it junk ; The first tweenome ; Denisovan girl ; Single-celled sisters ; Microbial Earth; Losing the Acropolis

No organism is an island. The biodiversity within ; Ratios matter ; Eating for trillions ; Microbes on the brink ; Genomic donations ; 2 per cent of pandas ; The last prairie

Terra-genoming. The lingering kiss ; Reunion ; Unicorns ; Invaders ; Genes on the move ; A dead sea comes to life ; Shock and awe

We are all ecosystems now. Quantified Self ; Roller derby ; A buoy in the ocean ; Cottonwood, cod, and corals ; The Moorea Biocode ; GEMs

Biocoding the Earth. The Biocode ; Our place in nature ; Sunjammer ; You too can biocode ; The Planetary Genome Project.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-191) and index.

ISBN:

9780199687756

0199687757

OCLC:

892895086