Introduction to Genomics

by Arthur M. Lesk

Book Overview

Our genome is the blueprint to our existence: it encodes all the information we need to develop from a single cell into a hugely complicated functional organism. But it is more than a static information store: our genome is a dynamic, tightly-regulated collection of genes, which switch on and off in many combinations to give the variety of cells from which our bodies are formed. But how do we identify the genes that make up our genome? How do we determine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199296952
• ISBN13: 9780199296958
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.6" x 7.3"