The Compact Guide: DNA provides a fascinating look at the world of the double helix and examines who we are, how we're wired, and how we repair ourselves. With information on so-called 'junk' DNA, how our genes evolved, heritability, the genetics of neuroscience, viruses, disease and what happens when things go wrong, this is a beautiful, visual journey through the polymer chain.

The Compact Guide: DNA is an engaging and essential read for anyone captivated by the scope of human discovery, and reveals how we might just uncover the answers to the secrets of life on Earth.

About Dr Kat Arney

Dr Kat Arney is a writer, broadcaster and public speaker, appearing on the highly successful Naked Scientists for the past decade and producing and presenting the monthly Naked Genetics. She also copresents the weekly national BBC Radio 5Live Science show. According to BBC America she is one of the 'Top Ten Brits who make science sexy'. Kat is the author of the bestseller Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding How Our Genes Work. She holds a PhD in developmental biology from Cambridge University. See https://katarney.wordpress.com.

Meet your genome * How do genes work? * Our genetic journey * Under attack! * Who do you think you are? * People are not peas * Genetic superheroes * Turn me on * Epigenetics * The RNA world * Building a baby * Wiring the brain * Compatibility genes * Why women are stripy * The viruses that made us human * When things go wrong * Human 2.0.

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GOR011292561

ISBN 13

9780233005928

ISBN 10

0233005927

Title

DNA by Dr Kat Arney

Author

Dr Kat Arney

Series

The Compact Guide

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Welbeck Publishing Group

Year published

20190808

Number of pages

160

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