Life's greatest secret : the race to crack the genetic code /
Matthew Cobb.
- xiv, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-404) and index.
Contenidos: Genes before DNA Information is everywhere The transformation of genes A slow revolution The age of control The double helix Genetic information The central dogma Enzyme cybernetics Enter the outsiders The race Update Surprises and sequences The central dogma revisited Brave new world Origins and meanings
"'Life s Greatest Secret' is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us"--