Gene Expression and Its Discontents: The Social Production of Chronic Disease

by Rodrick Wallace and Deborah Wallace

Book Overview

This book describes how epigenetic context, in a large sense, affects gene expression and the development of an organism, using the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory to construct statistical models useful in data analysis. The approach allows deep understanding of how embedding context affects development. We find that epigenetic information sources act as tunable catalysts, directing ontogeny into characteristic pathways, a perspective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319838938
• ISBN13: 9783319838939
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"