Who are we? microbes the puppet masters!
Auteur :
Lee, Yuan Kun
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789812835604
Date de publication :
11 déc. 2008
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
Our genome is littered with scraps of DNA, termed 'junk' DNAs, that serve no apparent purpose. Junk DNAs make up as much as 98.5 per cent of our genome. Scientists believe that some junk DNAs came into existence millions of years ago, when viruses inserted their DNA into that of the human host. This book offers various answers.