Description |
1 online resource (x, 178 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Five not four: history and significance of the fifth base / Douglas S. Millar, Robin Holliday, and Geoffrey W. Grigg -- (Epi)genetic signals: towards a human genome sequence of all five nucleotides / Walter Doerfler -- Epi meets genomics: technologies for finding and reading the 5th base / Tim Hui-Ming Huang [and others] -- Mammalian epigenomics: reprogramming the genome for development and therapy / Wolf Reik and Wendy Dean -- At the controls: genomic imprinting and the epigenetic regulation of gene expression / Anne Ferguson-Smith -- Epigenetic trouble: human diseases caused by epimutations / Jörn Walter and Martina Paulsen -- Liver or broccoli? Food's lasting effect on genome methylation / Michael Fenech -- Living longer: the aging epigenome / Jean-Pierre Issa -- Digitizing molecular diagnostics: current and future applications of epigenome technology / Sven Olek [and others] |
Summary |
This is the first book that describes the role of the Epigenome (cytosine methylation) in the interplay between nature and nurture. It focuses and stimulates interest in what will be one of the most exciting areas of post-sequencing genome science: the relationship between genetics and the environment. Written by the most reputable authors in the field, this book is essential reading for researchers interested in the science arising from the human genome sequence and its implications on health care, industry and society |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
DNA -- Methylation.
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Cytosine -- physiology.
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Genome, Human.
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Genomics -- methods.
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Human Genome Project.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Beck, Stephen V.
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Olek, A. (Alexander)
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ISBN |
3527601511 (electronic book) |
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3527605975 (electronic bk.) |
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9783527601516 (electronic book) |
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9783527605972 (electronic bk.) |
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