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Biocode - The New Age of Genomics (Hardcover)
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Biocode - The New Age of Genomics (Hardcover)
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The living world runs on genomic software - what Dawn Field and
Neil Davies call the 'biocode' - the sum of all DNA on Earth. In
Biocode, they tell the story of a new age of scientific discovery:
the growing global effort to read and map the biocode, and what
that might mean for the future. The structure of DNA was identified
in 1953, and the whole human genome was mapped by 2003. Since then
the new field of genomics has mushroomed and is now operating on an
industrial scale. Genomes can now be sequenced rapidly and
increasingly cheaply. The genomes of large numbers of organisms
from mammals to microbes, have been mapped. Getting your genome
sequenced is becoming affordable for many. You too can check
paternity, find out where your ancestors came from, or whether you
are at risk of some diseases. Some check out the pedigree of their
pets, while others turn genomes into art. A stray hair is enough to
crudely reconstruct the face of the owner. From reading to
constructing: the first steps to creating artificial life have
already been taken. Some may find the rapidity of developments, and
the potential for misuse, alarming. But they also open up
unprecedented possibilities. The ability to read DNA has changed
how we view ourselves and understand our place in nature. From the
largest oceans, to the insides of our guts, we are able to explore
the biosphere as never before, from the genome up. Sequencing
technology has made the invisible world of microbes visible, and
biodiversity genomics is revealing whole new worlds within us and
without. The findings are transformational: we are all ecosystems
now. Already the first efforts at 'barcoding' entire ecological
communities and creating 'genomic observatories' have begun. The
future, the authors argue, will involve biocoding the entire
planet.
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