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It's in Your DNA

From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging

  • 1st Edition - April 11, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Eugene Rosenberg
  • Language: English

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Description

Approx.202 pages

Key features

  • Highlights the importance of DNA research to science and medicine
  • Explains in a simple but scientifically correct manner the key experiments and concepts that led to the current knowledge of what DNA is, how it works, and the increasing impact it has on our lives
  • Emphasizes the observations and reasoning behind each novel idea and the critical experiments that were performed to test them

Readership

Researchers, academics, and students in life sciences, for example in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, biochemistry, genetics/molecular genetics, epidemiology, oncology, gerontology, cell biology, and microbiology, as well as many disciplines beyond biological science; secondarily, as an auxiliary text for specific courses and seminars at colleges and universities

Table of contents

Chapter 1: The Beginning

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Chapter 2: Chemistry of DNA

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Chapter 3: DNA Is the Genetic Material

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Chapter 4: DNA in Three Dimensions: The Double-Helix

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Chapter 5: Duplicating DNA

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Chapter 6: From Genes to Enzymes

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Chapter 7: Cracking the Genetic Code

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Chapter 8: DNA Sequencing and PCR

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Chapter 9: Jumping Genes

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Chapter 10: Genetic Engineering

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Chapter 11: The Human Genome

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Chapter 12: Human Microbiome: We Are Not Alone

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Chapter 13: Contribution of Microbes to the Health of Humans, Animals, and Plants

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Chapter 14: Origin of Nucleic Acids and the First Cells

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Chapter 15: Evolution: From Darwin to the Hologenome Concept

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Chapter 16: DNA and Cancer

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Chapter 17: DNA, Aging, and Death

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Appendix: Nobel Prizes Awarded for Nucleic Acid Research

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 13, 2017
  • Language: English

About the author

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Eugene Rosenberg

Dr. Eugene Rosenberg has been a professor at UCLA and Tel Aviv University for more than 50 years, teaching and directing research in microbiology and biochemistry. After receiving his PhD in Biochemistry at Columbia University in 1961, he received a Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with the Nobel Prize Laureate Lord Todd in Cambridge, England. He was then appointed Asst. Professor in Molecular Biology at UCLA, where he taught and did research for eight years. Dr. Rosenberg then moved to Tel Aviv University and was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Molecular Microbiology, where he is now an “active” Professor Emeritus. He has published 260 scientific articles in professional journals, including Nature, Science and PNAS, 10 books and 18 patents, and he is known for his clear writing style. During his career, he has been awarded several prizes for his research including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fogarty International Scholarship in Residence at NIH, the PanLab Award, and the prestigious Proctor & Gamble Award from the American Society of Microbiology. He is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology and a founding member of the European Academy of Microbiology.
Affiliations and expertise
Tel Aviv University, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv, Israel

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