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Author: Antoine Danchin
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0674009304

The Delphic Boat: What Genomes Tell Us

The oracle at Delphi posed a question conerning a boat: if, in time, every plank has rotted and been replaced, is the boat the same boat? Yes, the owner will say, the vessel is not its planks but the relationship among them. Download The Delphic Boat: What Genomes Tell Us from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Similarly, Antoine Danchin argues in this provocative book, life itself is not revealed just by its components - DNA, ribosomes, genes, cells - but also by their relationships. By the end of 2001, almost 500 genome programs were completed or under way. Drawing upon what researchers worldwide are learning from the gene sequences of bacteria, plants, fungi, fruit flies, worms and humans, Danchin shows us how genomes are far more than mere collections of genes. They are the means of transmitting the system of relationships Search and find a lot of engineering books in many category availabe for free download.

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