Epigenetics: The Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance - Tapa dura

Francis, Richard C.

 
9780393070057: Epigenetics: The Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance
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ISBN 10: 0393070050 ISBN 13: 9780393070057
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 2011

Sinopsis

"The potential is staggering. . . . The age of epigenetics has arrived."―Time, January 2010

Epigenetic means "on the gene," and the term refers to the recent discovery that stress in the environment can impact an individual's physiology so deeply that those biological scars are actually inherited by the next several generations. For instance, a recent study has shown that men who started smoking before puberty caused their sons to have significantly higher rates of obesity. And obesity is just the tip of the iceberg―many researchers believe that epigenetics holds the key to understanding cancer, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, autism, and diabetes.

Epigenetics is the first book for general readers on this fascinating and important topic. The book is driven by stories such as the Dutch famine of World War II, José Canseco and steroids, the breeding of mules and hinnies, Tazmanian devils and contagious cancer, and more.

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Acerca del autor

Richard C. Francis is a science journalist with a PhD in neurobiology from Stony Brook University. He is the author of the acclaimed books Domesticated, Epigenetics, and Why Men Won’t Ask for Directions.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393070050
ISBN 13 
9780393070057
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Número de páginas
256
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ISBN 10:  039334228X ISBN 13:  9780393342284
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 2012
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