Epigenetics

How Environment Shapes Our Genes

Richard C. Francis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2012
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-34228-4 (ISBN)

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Goodbye, genetic blueprint. . . . The first book for general readers on the game-changing field of epigenetics.

The burgeoning new science of epigenetics offers a cornucopia of insights—some comforting, some frightening. For example, the male fetus may be especially vulnerable to certain common chemicals in our environment, in ways that damage not only his own sperm but also the sperm of his sons. And it’s epigenetics that causes identical twins to vary widely in their susceptibility to dementia and cancer. But here’s the good news: unlike mutations, epigenetic effects are reversible. Indeed, epigenetic engineering is the future of medicine.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.6.2012
Zusatzinfo	18 illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 211 mm
Gewicht	241 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10	0-393-34228-X / 039334228X
ISBN-13	978-0-393-34228-4 / 9780393342284
Zustand	Neuware