Gene expression and its discontents the social production of chronic disease /

A cognitive paradigm for gene expression, via the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory, allows better understanding of how embedding context affects the development of organisms. In sum, epigenetic information sources act as tunable catalysts, directing ontogeny into characteristic pathwa...

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Main Author: Wallace, Rodrick.
Other Authors: Wallace, Deborah., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Springer, ©2010.
New York : [2010]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction; 2 Models of development; 3 Groupoid symmetries; 4 Epigenetic catalysis; 5 Developmental disorders; 6 An interim perspective; 7 The obesity pandemic in the US; 8 Coronary heart disease in the US; 9 Cancer: a developmental perspective; 10 Autoimmune disorders; 11 Demoralization and obesity in Upper Manhattan; 12 Death at an early age: AIDS and related mortality in New York City; 13 Final thoughts; 14 Mathematical appendix; 15 References; Index.