The Deeper Genome: Why There Is More to the Human Genome Than Meets the Eye

by John Parrington

Book Overview

Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inherited diseases, and understand what makes us unique among animals. But things didn't turn out that way. For a start, we turned out to have far fewer genes than originally thought - just over 20,000, the same sort of number as a fruit fly or worm. What's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199688737
• ISBN13: 9780199688739
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 6.2"