Gene Expression and Its Discontents The Social Production of Chronic Disease

Gene Expression and Its Discontents The Social Production of Chronic Disease / by Rodrick Wallace, Deborah Wallace.

This book describes how epigenetic context, in a large sense, affects gene expression and the development of an organism, using the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory to construct statistical models useful in data analysis. The approach allows deep understanding of how embedding context...

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Main Authors: Wallace, Rodrick (Author), Wallace, Deborah (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Human genetics.
Epidemiology.
Biochemistry.
Bioinformatics.
Public health.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Toward new tools
  • 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. Mental Disorders I: Western atomism and its culture-bound syndromes
  • 14. Mental Disorders II: Psychopathology and sleep
  • 15. Diabetes and Thyroid Cancer in Manhattan's Chinatown
  • 16. Right-To-Work Laws and Alzheimer's Disease
  • 17. Stress as an Environmental Exposure
  • 18. Final Thoughts
  • 19. Mathematical Appendix.

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