《The Society of Genes》是Harvard University Press出版的圖書，作者是Itai Yanai，Martin Lercher
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780674425026
- 作者：Itai Yanai、Martin Lercher
- 出版社：Harvard University Press
- 出版時間：2016年1月
- 頁數：296
- 定價：USD 27.95
- 裝幀：Hardcover
內容簡介
Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes...(展開全部) Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes cooperate and compete in the struggle for life. Pioneers in the nascent field of systems biology, Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher present a compelling new framework to understand how the human genome evolved and why understanding the interactions among our genes shifts the basic paradigm of modern biology. Contrary to what Dawkins’s popular metaphor seems to imply, the genome is not made of individual genes that focus solely on their own survival. Instead, our genomes comprise a society of genes which, like human societies, is composed of members that form alliances and rivalries. In language accessible to lay readers, The Society of Genes uncovers genetic strategies of cooperation and competition at biological scales ranging from individual cells to entire species. It captures the way the genome works in cancer cells and Neanderthals, in sexual reproduction and the origin of life, always underscoring one critical point: that only by putting the interactions among genes at center stage can we appreciate the logic of life. 以太·亞奈，哈佛大學拉德克利夫高級研究院學者，紐約大學醫學院生物化學和分子藥理學教授，紐約大學醫學院計算醫藥研究所（Institue for Compputational Medicine）所長。 馬丁·萊凱爾，杜塞道夫海因里希·海涅大學生物信息學教授。
