The mapping of the genome has been one of the most ambitious adventures undertaken by 'modern man. The goal was so impressive as to leave baffled: thousands of genes to be deciphered and millions of chemical bases to rebuild. But little by little around the project has grown a voltage similar to that which accompanies major events. Today, after a public entity, a corporation headed by a former surfer were challenged with no holds barred to unravel the secrets and the elusive beauty, the genome has become a celebrity. He is dedicated magazines and websites as a movie star. Knowing our genetic code has put us in front of a new way of doing science, to tackle the disease, to understand the organizations and to rethink our origins.
untangling between past and future, history and prospects, Matt Ridley takes us by the hand through the maze of complex biological systems, concern from the beginning to eliminate a common misconception: "genes do not exist to cause disease." The knowledge of the "kit" that we inherit from our ancestors is not a condemnation, but always a possibility. Twenty-two chapters one to tell the autobiography of a species, ours, Chromosomal jumping from one to another. A lucid guide to overcome the misunderstandings that surround sounds and one of the most compelling issues of contemporary scientific view, and understand, finally, because we are free and as determined by DNA
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