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Crumbling genome / Alexey S. Kondrashov.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2017Description: x, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118952115 (paperback)
  • 1118952111 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.8/38 23
LOC classification:
  • QH390 .K66 2017
Contents:
Genotypes and phenotypes -- Mendelian inheritance and population genetics -- Complex traits and their inheritance -- Unavoidable mutation -- Struggle for fidelity -- Mutation rates -- Natural selection -- Functioning DNA and junk DNA -- It takes all the running you can do -- Phenomenon of imperfection -- Our imperfect fitness -- Our imperfect wellness -- Mutational pressure on our species -- Ethical issues -- What to do?.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genotypes and phenotypes -- Mendelian inheritance and population genetics -- Complex traits and their inheritance -- Unavoidable mutation -- Struggle for fidelity -- Mutation rates -- Natural selection -- Functioning DNA and junk DNA -- It takes all the running you can do -- Phenomenon of imperfection -- Our imperfect fitness -- Our imperfect wellness -- Mutational pressure on our species -- Ethical issues -- What to do?.

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