Расплетая ДНК : увлекательный путеводитель по генетике

Naiti lekarstvo ot vseh boleznei? Ojivit dinozavrov? Ili jit vechno? Zvuchit kak gotoviee sujetie dlia fantasticheskih rasskazov. Odnako eti voprosie serezno obsujdaut mnogie ucheniee, v tom chisle genetiki. Uje seichas genetika pozvoliaet nahodit lekarstva ot tiajelieh boleznei, iskat prestupnikov, vierashivat urojai v slojnieh usloviiah i kormit ludei. Blagodaria etoi nauke postoianno popolniautsia nashi znaniia o tom, kak vozniklo i razvivalos vse jivoe na planete. Esli sravnivat kletku s domom, to DNK mie naidem v biblioteke, gde razmeshaetsia semeiniei arhiv. V nei hraniatsia svedeniia o tom, kakim doljen biet organizm. Tam je — rekomendacii, instrukcii, po kotoriem rabotaut genie. Iz etoi knigi vie uznaete, kak zarodilas genetika, chto proishodit v nei segodnia i kakie udivitelniee otkrietiia mojno jdat v budushem. Poznakomites s molekuloi DNK, ot kotoroi zavisiat vse processie v jivieh organizmah. Zaglianete v laboratorii i vieiasnite, kakie porazitelniee problemie reshaut ucheniee-genetiki. Budet zdorovo, esli i vie reshite k nim prisoedinitsia. . . . po nekotoriem ocenkam, esli vsu informaciu iz interneta zapisat v vide molekul DNK, to ona umestitsia v obuvnuu 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.