Genetics - E-book - ePub

Genetic gone through a breakthrough in the discovery thatDNA would be the fundamental structure carrying the geneticinformation. Among the various work with this molecule, hestood out to Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin in 1953, which demonstrated the structure of the DNA double helix. After the discovery of DNA structure, several other studies havebeen conducted to understand who was responsible forproducing the proteins.
The idea that DNA would beresponsible for the synthesis of RNA and that this, in turn, would be responsible for producing proteins was postulated byCrick in 1958 and became known as Molecular Biology of theCentral Dogma. From these findings, many advances have occurred inMolecular Biology and directly affected the development ofgenetics. Among this significant progress, there is the techniqueof recombinant DNA, which is characterized by the ability toisolate a stretch of DNA and replace inside a bacterium toproduce copies of this section.
Thus, it was possible to makeorganisms produce substances of economic interest. The advance of genetics completely changed the modern world, making it possible, for example, create clones, resistanttransgenic crops to pests, perform paternity tests and solvecrimes, map diseases and perform genetic counseling. In this book on genetics, you will check the prepared topicsbelow to see what's new in the field of genetics and tounderstand the principles that guide this biology field