Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms
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Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms

Key to Living Organisms

Lynn E H Trainor

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Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms

Key to Living Organisms

Lynn E H Trainor

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The purpose of this book is to bring to interested readers (professionals and laypersons alike) an appreciation and a basic understanding of what the genetic code is and why it has come to revolutionize thinking about living systems as a whole. The consequences of this revolution in molecular biology are so vast as to be almost incomprehensible. It seems important in a democratic society to have a citizenry well informed about the crucial issues of the day, such as genetic engineering and molecular medicine, which impact the social order and the ethos of society in such a profound way.This book discusses concisely the genetic code — what it is and how it provides the key to molecular biology. The structures of DNA (as revealed by Watson and Crick) and of the various forms of RNA are described in some detail, and it is shown how these structures are marvellously adapted to the twin problems of inheritance of traits and faithful development of individual organisms. In this latter respect, the role of proteins as the "molecules of life" is described and the central dogma of molecular biology (information flows from DNA to RNA to protein) elaborated. In addition, theories of the origin and development of the universal genetic code are reviewed briefly, and a perspective concerning the impact of molecular biology on the social ethos is presented.

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Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2001
ISBN
9789812810427
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biophysics
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. FOREWORD
  3. PREFACE
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  5. COPYRIGHT PERMISSION FOR FIGURES
  6. 1. INTRODUCTION
  7. 2. WHAT IS LIFE?
  8. 3. THE NUCLEIC ACIDS DNA AND RNA
  9. 4. PROTEINS -THE MOLECULES OF LIFE
  10. 5. PINNING DOWN THE CODE
  11. 6. DESCRIPTION OF THE GENETIC TRIPLET CODE
  12. 7. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENETIC CODE
  13. 8. A PHYSICAL APPROACH TO GENETIC ORIGINS
  14. 9. REDUCTIONISM VERSUS HOLISM
  15. 10. CULTURAL AND MATERIAL IMPACTS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  16. GLOSSARY
  17. REFERENCES
  18. INDEX
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APA 6 Citation

Trainor, L. (2001). Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms ([edition unavailable]). World Scientific Publishing Company. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/849919/triplet-genetic-code-the-key-to-living-organisms-key-to-living-organisms-pdf (Original work published 2001)

Chicago Citation

Trainor, Lynn. (2001) 2001. Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms. [Edition unavailable]. World Scientific Publishing Company. https://www.perlego.com/book/849919/triplet-genetic-code-the-key-to-living-organisms-key-to-living-organisms-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Trainor, L. (2001) Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms. [edition unavailable]. World Scientific Publishing Company. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/849919/triplet-genetic-code-the-key-to-living-organisms-key-to-living-organisms-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Trainor, Lynn. Triplet Genetic Code, The: Key To Living Organisms. [edition unavailable]. World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.