The Black Box of Biology a history of the molecular revolution

Michel Morange updates the history of molecular biology at a moment when scientists are making big strides in genetic engineering and exploring new avenues, from epigenetics to systems biology. Morange places the latest findings and ideas in historical context, describing in accessible terms how tra...

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Main Author: Morange, Michel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London Harvard University Press 2020, ©2020
Edition:revised and expanded from the first English-language edition
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Part I. The birth of molecular biology: The roots of the new science -- The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis -- The chemical nature of the gene -- The phage group -- The birth of bacterial genetics -- The crystallization of the tobacco mosaic virus -- Enter the physicists -- The influence of the Rockefeller Foundation -- Physical techniques in molecular biology -- The role of physics -- Part II. The development of molecular biology: The discovery of the double helix -- Deciphering the genetic code -- The discovery of messenger RNA -- The French School -- Part III. The expansion of molecular biology: Normal science -- Genetic engineering -- Split genes and splicing -- The discovery of oncogenes -- From DNA polymerase to the amplification of DNA -- Part IV. Beyond molecular biology?: The molecularization of biology and medicine -- Protein structure -- The rise of developmental biology -- Molecular biology and evolution -- Gene therapy -- The central place of RNA -- Epigenetics -- Sequencing the human genome -- Systems biology and synthetic biology -- Images, representations and metaphors in molecular biology. 
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