Junk DNA : a journey through the dark matter of the genome, Nessa Carey

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Junk DNA : a journey through the dark matter of the genome, Nessa Carey

Title remainder

a journey through the dark matter of the genome

Statement of responsibility

Nessa Carey

Instantiates

• Junk DNA : a journey through the dark matter of the genome

Publication

• New York, Columbia University Press, 2015

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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text

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• txt

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Contents

An introduction to genomic dark matter -- Why dark matter matters -- When dark matter turns very dark indeed -- Where did all the genes go? -- Outstaying an invitation -- Everything shrinks when we get old -- Two is the perfect number -- Painting with junk -- Playing the long game -- Adding colour to the dark matter -- Why parents love junk -- Junk with a mission -- Switching it on, turning it up -- No man's land -- Project ENCODE : Big Science comes to junk DNA -- Headless queens, strange cats, and portly mice -- Lost in untranslation -- Why LEGO is better than Airfix -- Mini can be mighty -- The drugs do work (sometimes) -- Some light in the darkness -- Appendix: Human diseases in which junk DNA has been implicated

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ocn899332106

Dimensions

24 cm

Extent

viii, 340 pages

Isbn

9780231170840

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2014955417

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unmediated

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• n

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illustrations

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u196584

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• (Sirsi) i9780231170840
• (OCoLC)899332106