RNA Worlds: From Life's Origins to Diversity in Gene Regulation 1st Edition

This is a professional book. It's a collection of RECENT research papers intended for bio-science professionals. By the way, if the price seems to put this book out of reach, grieve not! Inter-library loan works! Ask your public library or universiity's reference librarian to borrow it for you. Cold Spring Harbor has posted some/many of the articles online, full text! I added 3 blank spaces to the URL so that Amazon will not delete or truncate it, so please omit the 3 spaces when you enter it into your locator: [...] cshperspectives.cshlp.org/cgi/ collection/ rna_worldsRNA Worlds (plural) is one of the most fabulously instructive books that I have read, including textbooks and research journals. It has gorgeously printed with full color graphics, photographs, diagrams, tables and impressively complete references. The text is well written and clear. Every article has the email address of the principal investigator.The prefaces to the two earlier editions are in themselves informative.It covers many different aspects of RNA. The chapters on riboswitches, ribosomes and small RNA were the most fascinating. The final chapter about non-coding RNA was perhaps the most easy to read for non-bio-science professionals. It summarizes the practical applications of RNA research in medicine and drugs largely in inhibiting gene expression. For example, non-coding RNA can inhibit the errors in telemere lengthening. Telemere length is indicative of longevity.Every chapter/article has conclusions and closing comments. Unfortunately, it is in these short sections that some of the authors even mention the role of RNA in the origin of life. Nevertheless, the comments were compelling. I learned a lot about the latest hypotheses about RNA in a pre-biotic world and how RNA might have evolved, although some of the hypotheses about the transition (not translation) of RNA from then to now are vague and/or not credible.

Das Buch ist eine Sammlung von Originalarbeiten bzw. Reviews, der dem Mainsteam zum Thema Abiogenesis enthält. Das heißt, es ist keine durchgehende Story sondern nur eine Sammlung. Das ist keine Unterhaltung, sondern wissenschaftliche Thesen und Erkenntnisse.Die Auswahl ist allerdings top. Wer sich wirklich für die Entstehung des Lebens interessiert muss das lesen!Akzeptable Biochemie-Kenntnisse sind allerdings Voraussetzung (also so etwa Grundstudium in Bio oder Medizin oder Pharmazie oder Chemie).Man kann die Texte auch ganz legal im Internet haben, da das mit öffentlichen Geldern bezahlte Forschungsarbeiten sind, die dankenswerterweise auch öffentlich zur Verfügung stehen.Ein Buch finde ich trotzdem praktischer und man bekommt noch ein Vorwort dazu (auch ein älteres vom Entdecker der DNA F. Crick), das ich nicht im Netz gefunden habe.Muss also jeder selbst sehen, ob sich ein Kauf rentiert (für mich schon).