Title:
Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome

Author:
Nessa Carey

Translator:
Vasiliki Kalotychou et al.

Genre:
Biology – Medicine

Publisher:
Hellenic Open University

Year:
2020

Pages:
376

Dimensions:
24 x 17 cm

Nessa Carey, Professor of Biology, gives us a comprehensive and fascinating introduction to the concept of non-coding DNA and its decisive role in a variety of phenomena, innovative research and therapeutic approaches. As we have only started to decipher the secrets of the “junk” DNA during the last years, this book is an exciting guide to the history and the challenges of this rapidly emerging field of contention around the secrets of junk DNA.