Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding Of Genetics, Disease And Inheritance (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
"La revolución epigenética" es el título de este libro en castellano. En él, la autora nos explica que no sólo tiene importancia la genética en la vida, sino que la epigenética, o sea (intento definirla desde la total ignorancia sobre eltema), el que ciertos genes estén activos o no, es fundamental. Esa es la razón por la que los gemelos univitelinos no son exactamente iguales, pues la epigenética depende de multitud de factores.Explica unas cuantas historias muy buenas y muchas curiosidades, como la desactivación de unos de los cromosomas X en las mujeres y la repercusión que tiene en cierta raza de gatos.Aunque yo lo he encontrado apasionante, me ha costado un tanto seguirlo, ya que es muy técnico; tanto, que sólo lo recomiendo a estudiantes con conocimientos de genética o profesionales del tema. This is a good read. I've wanted to learn about epigenetics for a while, and this book came up trumps. It covers a lot of material, from stem cells, histone modification, DNA methylation and imprinting to the relationship between epigenetics and ageing, cancer and much, much more. To be fair, it's a little over my head in a few place, but that doesn't really matter. The author writes very well, and feels like someone who really *knows* this subject area really well. There's a good bibliography as well. As an aside: this whole area feels so fascinating to a programming geek. There's a beautiful simplicity and complexity to how our cells program themselves, to how evolution has found solutions to complex problems. There's also a vast unknown - and the author really gets me excited about the *science* of epigenetics and the people making discoveries in this field.
What do You think about Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding Of Genetics, Disease And Inheritance (2011)?
The book is interesting and I enjoyed it at first, but I must admit I got a bit bored.
—diana
