Расплетая ДНК : увлекательный путеводитель по генетике

Naĭti lekarstvo ot vsekh bolezneĭ? Ozhivitʹ dinozavrov? Ili zhitʹ vechno? Zvuchit kak gotovye si͡uzhety dli͡a fantasticheskikh rasskazov. Odnako ėti voprosy serʹëzno obsuzhdai͡ut mnogie uchënye, v tom chisle genetiki. Uzhe seĭchas genetika pozvoli͡aet nakhoditʹ lekarstva ot ti͡azhëlykh bolezneĭ, iskatʹ prestupnikov, vyrashchivatʹ urozhaĭ v slozhnykh uslovii͡akh i kormitʹ li͡udeĭ. Blagodari͡a ėtoĭ nauke postoi͡anno popolni͡ai͡utsi͡a nashi znanii͡a o tom, kak vozniklo i razvivalosʹ vsë zhivoe na planete. Esli sravnivatʹ kletku s domom, to DNK my naĭdem v biblioteke, gde razmeshchaetsi͡a semeĭnyĭ arkhiv. V neĭ khrani͡atsi͡a svedenii͡a o tom, kakim dolzhen bytʹ organizm. Tam zhe - rekomendat͡sii, instrukt͡sii, po kotorym rabotai͡ut geny. Iz ėtoĭ knigi vy uznaete, kak zarodilasʹ genetika, chto proiskhodit v neĭ segodni͡a i kakie udivitelʹnye otkrytii͡a mozhno zhdatʹ v budushchem. Poznakomitesʹ s molekuloĭ DNK, ot kotoroĭ zavisi͡at vse prot͡sessy v zhivykh organizmakh. Zagli͡anete v laboratorii i vyi͡asnite, kakie porazitelʹnye problemy reshai͡ut uchënye-genetiki. Budet zdorovo, esli i vy reshite k nim prisoedinitʹsi͡a. . . . po nekotorym ot͡senkam, esli vsi͡u informat͡sii͡u iz interneta zapisatʹ v vide molekul DNK, to ona umestitsi͡a v obuvnui͡u korobku.

Find a cure for all diseases? Revive the dinosaurs? Or live forever? It sounds like ready-made plots for fantasy stories. However, these issues are being seriously discussed by many scientists, including geneticists. Even now, genetics makes it possible to find cures for serious diseases, search for criminals, grow crops in difficult conditions and feed people. Thanks to this science, our knowledge about how all life on the planet arose and developed is constantly being updated. If we compare the cell with the house, then we will find the DNA in the library where the family archive is located. It stores information about what the body should be like. There are also recommendations and instructions for how genes work. In this book, you will learn how genetics originated, what is happening in it today, and what amazing discoveries can be expected in the future. Get acquainted with the DNA molecule, on which all processes in living organisms depend. Take a look at the labs and find out what amazing problems genetic scientists are solving. It would be great if you decide to join them. According to some estimates, if all information from the Internet is written down in the form of DNA molecules, it will fit into a shoe box.