The Epigenetics Revolution, Nessa Carey
The Epigenetics Revolution, Nessa Carey
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The Epigenetics Revolution
How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance

Author: Nessa Carey

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/23/2017


Synopsis

Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and innovations, this volume provides a readily understandable introduction to the foundations of epigenetics.

Nessa Carey, a leading epigenetics researcher, connects the field's arguments to such diverse phenomena as how ants and queen bees control their colonies; why tortoiseshell cats are always female; why some plants need cold weather before they can flower; and how our bodies age and develop disease. Reaching beyond biology, epigenetics now informs work on drug addiction, the long-term effects of famine, and the physical and psychological consequences of childhood trauma. Carey concludes with a discussion of the future directions for this research and its ability to improve human health and well-being.

About Nessa Carey

Nessa Carey has a virology PhD from the University of Edinburgh and is a former senior lecturer in molecular biology at Imperial College, London. She worked in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry for thirteen years and is now International Director for the UK's leading organization for technology transfer professionals. She lives in Norfolk and is a visiting professor at Imperial College.


Reviews

It seems to be time to rehabilitate Lamarck and Junk DNA. As if the vagueness in the debate of the priority of genes or education was not complicated enough now, with the influence of technology, nutrition, mental health, and general living environment, a third pillar is added. How strong influences......more

Goodreads review by Maria

Since the Watson-Crick model of our double helical structure DNA in 1953 and the foundations of the central dogma of molecular biology (DNA-RNA-protein) were established, major advances in genetics have taken place. In the year 2003, the Human Genome Project finished an accurate and complete sequenc......more

Goodreads review by David

Nessa Carey is an active researcher, and an excellent writer. She explains cogently why there certainly is a "revolution" occurring now in genetics, and gives us a very good introductory guide to the subject of epigenetics. There is much more to genetic inheritance than simply the "DNA" that is foun......more

Goodreads review by Brian

There have been lots of popular science books about genetics and evolution, and that's fine - but there really hasn't been anywhere near enough coverage of epigenetics, which is why Nessa Carey's book is so welcome. Over the last 30 years or so it has become increasingly obvious that the idea of gen......more