What's in Your Genome? : 90% of Your Genome Is Junk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moran, Laurence A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DNA.

Genes.

Genomics.

Human genome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2023.

Summary:

What's in Your Genome? describes the functional regions of the human genome, the evidence that 90% of it is junk DNA, and the reasons this evidence has not been widely accepted by the popular press and much of the scientific community.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for What's in Your Genome?

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Prologue

1 Introducing Genomes

2 The Evolution of Sloppy Genomes

3 Repetitive DNA and Mobile Genetic Elements

4 Why Don't Mutations Kill Us?

5 The Big Picture

6 How Many Genes? How Many Proteins?

7 Gene Families and the Birth and Death of Genes

8 Noncoding Genes and Junk RNA

9 The ENCODE Publicity Campaign

10 Turning Genes On and Off

11 Zen and the Art of Coping with a Sloppy Genome

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Moran, Laurence A. What's in Your Genome?

ISBN:

1-4875-3856-1

1-4875-3857-X

OCLC:

1349673738