A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by José Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
DNA
Ackerman, Diane. "DNA's Secret Doormen." In Ackerman, The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us. New York: Norton, 2014. 269-86.*
_____. "Meet My Maker, the Mad Molecule." In Ackerman, The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us. New York: Norton, 2014. 287-304.*
Aldén, Markus, et al. "Intracellular Reverse Transcription of Pfizer Biontech Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162B2 In Vitro in Human Liver Cell Line." Current Issues in Molecular Biology 44 (2022):
https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb44030073
2022
"Ancient DNA and the Origin of Modern Humans." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 16 Jan. 2001.
Avery, Oswald. (Canadian scientist, biochemist at Rockefeller U, Manhattan, early student of DNA).
Ayala, Francisco J., ed. Molecular Evolution. New York, 1976.
Ball, Edward. The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Barnett, Rebekah. "Scientists 'Shocked' and 'Alarmed' at What's in the mRNA Shots." Spectator Australia 25 Sept. 2023.* (Kevin McKernan, Phillip Buckhaults)
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/09/scientists-shocked-and-alarmed-at-whats-in-the-mrna-shots/
2023
Bojs, Karin. Min europeiska familj: de senaste 54 000 åren. Sweden: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2015.
_____. Mi gran familia europea: Los primeros 54.000 años: Una historia de la humanidad. Trans. Gemma Pecharromán. Barcelona: Ariel, 2017.* (August Prize). (Cazadores. Recolectores. Indoeuropeos). (Europe, Europeans, Neanderthals, history of music, dogs, Cro-Magnon, Ice age, race, pottery, agriculture, Beer, navigation, archaeological remains, hunters, DNA, weapons, cave paintings, vikings, Celts).
Boyd, Connor. "More Evidence Covid Was Tinkered with in a Lab? Now Scientists find Virus Contains Tiny Chunk of DNA that Matches Sequence Patented by Moderna THREE YEARS before Pandemic Began." Mail Online 23 Feb. 2022.*
2022
Cann, R. L., M. Stoneking and A. C. Wilson. "Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution." Nature 325 (1987): 31-36.
Carro, R. J., et al. "Amplification and Sequencing of DNA from a 120-135 Million Year Old Weevil." Nature 363 (1993): 536-38.
Collins, Francis. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. Free Press, 2006. (DNA, genetics, Codes).
Corral, Miguel G. "Secuencian el ADN humano más antiguo a partir de un fémur descubierto en Atapuerca." El Mundo 4 Dec. 2013.*
http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2013/12/04/529f674c0ab7408c378b456f.html
2013
_____. "Avance histórico hacia la vida artificial: fabrican un cromosoma sintético en una célula de levadura." El Mundo 27 March 2014.*
http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2014/03/27/533459efe2704ead0a8b4576.html
2014
_____. "El ADN 'resucita' al rey Ricardo III." El Mundo 3 Oct. 2014: 45-47.*
http://prensa.unizar.es/noticias/1412/141203_z0_M%20Rey%20Ricardo.pdf
2014
_____. "El ADN del hombre de Atapuerca revela que era un antepasado lejano de los neandertales." El Mundo 14 March 2016.*
http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2016/03/14/56e6dce9268e3e4b1e8b456e.html
2016
_____. "Las inyecciones Covid se integran en el ADN humano, según científicos italianos." Alerta Digital 4 Jan. 2024.*
2023
Corrigan, Doug. "MIT and Harvard Study Suggests mRNA Vaccine Might Permanently Alter DNA After All." Algora 16 March 2021.*
2021
De Salle, R., J. Gatesy, W. Wheeler and D. Grimaldi. "DNA Sequences from a Fossil Termite in Olig-Miocene Amber and Their Phylogenetic Implications." Science 257 (1992): 1993-1936.
Deninger, P. L., and C. W. Schmid. "Thermal Stability of Human DNA and Chimpanzee DNA Heteroduplexes." Science 194 (1976): 846-8.
Diep, Francie. "8,000 Years Ago, 17 Women Reproduced for Every One Man: An Analysis of Modern DNA Uncovers a Rough Dating Scene after the Advent of Agriculture." Pacific Standard 17 March 2015. 2017.*
https://psmag.com/environment/17-to-1-reproductive-success
2022
Fernández Aguilar, Eugenio M. "El enigma del ADN de Colón se resuelve: Un documental pondrá fin al misterio de su origen." Muy Interesante 16 Sept. 2024.* (José Antonio Lorente, Marcial Castro, Colón ADN).
https://www.muyinteresante.com/historia/66046.html
2024
García Landa, José Angel. "Contaminado el ADN." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 19 Oct. 2023.* (Covid vaccines).
https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2023/10/contaminado-el-adn.html
2023
Glick, Bernard R., and Jack J. Pasternak. Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA. 3rd ed. Washington: ASM Press, 2003.
König, Brigitte, and Jürgen O. Kirchner. "Methodological Considerations Regarding the Quantification of DNA Impurities in the Covid-19 Vaccine Comirnaty." Methods & Protocols 7.3 (2024): 41.*
https://doi.org/10.3390/mps7030041
https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9279/7/3/41
2024
López, Ángeles. "El tesoro oculto en la 'basura' del ADN humano." El Mundo 5 Sept. 2012.*
2012
Lozano, David. "La filtración de un terrible informe médico secreto de Don Juan Carlos pone en jaque a la Casa Real." Periodista Digital 13 March 2020.*
2020
Maddox, Brenda. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. London: HarperCollins, 2002.
Marioni, Riccardo E., et al. "DNA Methylation Age of Blood Predicts All-cause Mortality in Later Life. Genome Biology 16.25 (2015).
Doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0584-6
http://genomebiology.com/2015/16/1/25/abstract
2015
Mercola, Joseph. "Green Monkey DNA Found in Covid-19 Shots." The Epoch Times 11 June 2023.* (Kevin McKernan; Pfizer, Moderna).
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/green-monkey-dna-found-in-covid-19-shots_5317587.html
2023
Meselson, Matthew S., and Franklin W. Stahl. (Report on conserved DNA duplication). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 44 (1958): 671-82.
"Mitochondrial DNA Sequences in Ancient Australians: Implications for Modern Human Origins." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 16 Jan. 2001.
Nieves, José Manuel. "ADN, la memoria del futuro." ABC 24 Jan. 2013.*
Perera, Julián, Antonio Tormo, and José Luis García. Ingeniería genética, Volumen 1: Preparación, análisis, manipulación y clonaje de DNA. Madrid: Síntesis, 2002.
_____. Ingeniería genética, Volume 2: Expresión de DNA en sistemas heterólogos. Madrid: Síntesis, 2002.
Pollack, Robert. Signs of Life: The Language and Meanings of DNA. London: Penguin Books, 1995.
Prego Cancelo, Natalia. "Implicaciones largo plazo de las vacunas de ARNm en el material genético." X (Dra. Natalia Prego Cancelo) 24 Dec. 2023.*
https://twitter.com/DoctoraPrego/status/1738972291118072317
2023
Raff, Jennifer. "No 'Lost Tribes' or 'Aliens': What Ancient DNA Reveals about American Prehistory." The Guardian 15 Nov. 2017.*
2019
Saey, Tina Hesman. "DNA data offer evidence of unknown extinct human relative." Science News 21 Oct. 2016.*
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-data-offer-evidence-unknown-extinct-human-relative
2016
Sinc. "Científicos españoles descubren que algunas secuencias de ADN cambian con el entorno." The Objective 9 Feb. 2023.*
https://theobjective.com/sociedad/2023-02-09/cientificos-espanoles-adn-entorno/
2023
Sayre, Anne. Rosalind Franklin and DNA. London: W. W. Norton, 2002.
_____. Rosalind Franklin y el ADN. Madrid: Horas y Horas, 1997.
Soltis, P. S., D. E. Soltis, and C. J. Smiley. "An rbcl Sequence from a Miocene Taxodium (bald cypress)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 89 (1992): 449-51.
Sykes, Bryan. The Seven Daughters of Eve. New York: Norton, 2001.
_____. The Seven Daughters of Eve. London: Bantam Press, 2001.
Tishkoff, Sarah, et al. "History of Click-speaking Populations of Africa Inferred from mtDNA and Y Chromosome Genetic Variation." Molecular Biology and Evolution 24.10 (2007): 2180-95.
Wallace, Robert A., Jack L. King, and Gerald P. Sanders. Biology: The Science of Life. 2nd ed. Glenview (IL): Scott, Foresman, & Co., 1986.
_____. Biología molecular y herencia: La ciencia de la vida. México: Trillas, 1991. (Trans. of Biology: The Science of Life).
Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. London: Penguin, 1999.
_____. The Double Helix. New York: Atheneum, 1968.
_____. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of DNA. 2nd ed. 1968. Ed. Gunther Stent. (Norton Critical Edition). New York: Norton, 1980.
_____. La doble hélice. Barcelona: Salvat, 2000.
_____. The Molecular Biology of the Gene. 2nd ed. Menlo Park: W. A. Benjamin, 1975.
_____. Recombinant DNA: Genes and Genomes, a Short Course. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2007.
Wei-Haas, Maya. "Ancient DNA Reveals New Twists in Neanderthal Migration." National Geographic 26 June 2019.*
2019
Wertheimer, Tiffany. "Should Hitler's DNA Have Been Studied? Or Just Left Alone?" BBC 15 Nov. 2025.*
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ylw4pz83do
2025
Zimmer, Carl. "DNA Deciphers Roots of Modern Europeans." New York Times 10 June 2015.*
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/science/dna-deciphers-roots-of-modern-europeans.html?smid=fb-share
2015
Audio
Kahn, Axel. "Aux frontières de la biologie." Lecture at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 25 Sept. 2001. Online audio at Savoirs ENS.* (Genetics, Chromosomes, DNA, Symbiotic origin of cells, sexuality, humanity, longevity, death, Alzheimer's, cancer, stem cells, genetic engineering).
https://savoirs.ens.fr/archives.php
2025
Pérez Danzano, José Luis, et al. "Colón, ADN, su verdadero origen." Audio. (Españoles en la Mar). RNE (radio e) 20 May 2021.* (José Antonio Lorente, Chair of Legal and Forensic Medicine, U of Granada).
2024
Zimmer Carl. "What Is Life? Episode 4. Caleb Scharf: How Did Life Begin?" In Zimmer, What Is Life?.*
http://whatislife.libsyn.com/episode-4-caleb-scharf-how-did-life-begin
2019
Films
Colón ADN: Su verdadero origen. RTVE / Story Producciones, 2024. (With José Antonio Lorente, Marcial Castro).
Internet resources
"ADN." Wikipedia: La enciclopedia libre.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADN
2012
"DNA Repair." In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dna_repair
2010
"DNA Sequencing." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing
2010
Literature
Kelly, Dennis. DNA. Children's drama. Staged at the National Theatre, 2008.
_____. "Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)." NT Connections 2007. London: Faber and Faber, 2007. 231-83.
Video
Campbell, John. "VAERS data with Dr Jessica Rose." Video. YouTube (Dr. John Campbell) 9 Oct. 2023.* (Myocarditis, Sepsis, DNA contamination, Breastfeeding).
2023
Genetic Journeys. "La paradoja del ADN español: un país, tres ancestros ocultos." Video. YouTube (Genetic Journeys) 10 Dec. 2025.*
2025
Noble, Denis. "Rethinking Evolution." Video interview by Matt Gray. YouTube (Cheltenham and UK Philosophers) 27 Jan. 2026.* (DNA, Dawkins, Darwinism, Physiology, Biochemistry, Inheritance, Development, Epigenetics, Rhythm, Dynamics, Life, RNA).
2026
Poinar, Hendrik. "Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth." YouTube (The Agenda with Steve Paikin) 15 July 2015.*
2015
Punset, Eduard, Bryan Sykes, et al. "Las siete hijas de Eva (capítulo REDES 289). YouTube (Redes Divulgación y Cultura)
2015
Watson, James. "How We Discovered DNA." TED (2005).*
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna#
2015
What Darwin Never Knew. Based on books by Sean B Carroll. Exec. Prod. Matthew Barrett. Nova. YouTube (cocokoreena) 11 July 2012.*
2013
Zimmer, Carl. "Everything You Thought You Knew about the Shape of DNA Is Wrong." Stat (Science Happens) 31 March 2016.*
https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/31/dna-shape-double-helix-dekker/
2016
See also Genetics; Life; Biotechnology.
