Book review:Is it in your genes? The influence of genes on common disorders and diseases that affect you and your family.
✍ Scribed by Scott M. Williams
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
in the last chapter that knowledge of a genomic sequence enables one to manipulate any gene of the organism concerned, even replace a given gene with a homologue from an unrelated species, presupposes a rather sophisticated level of genetic technique with that organism, approaching what one expects of a model. Curiously, despite his general optimism for the new, integrated picture that the modern systemic approach will offer us, Davis nevertheless warns that ''an intuitive understanding of complex organismic properties may never be possible''.
Davis has centred his book on model organisms but in fact it is much more. It is a brief, well-written history of the rise and evolution of molecular biology. As such, it is highly recommended reading for specialists and non-specialists alike.