Understand the science and the ethics behind genetics

Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals. From dominant and recessive inherited traits to the DNA double-helix, you get clear explanations in easy-to-understand terms. Plus, you'll see how people are applying genetic science to fight disease, develop new products, solve crimes . . . and even clone cats.

Discover:

• What geneticists do
• How traits are passed on
• How genetic counseling works
• The basics of cloning
• The role of DNA in forensics
• The scoop on the Human Genome Project

Reveals the connections between genetics and specific diseases Understand the science and the ethics behind genetics Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals. From dominant and recessive inherited traits to the DNA double-helix, you get clear explanations in easy-to-understand terms. Plus, you'll see how people are applying genetic science to fight disease, develop new products, solve crimes...and even clone cats Discover: What geneticists do How traits are passed on How genetic counseling works The basics of cloning The role of DNA in forensics The scoop on the Human Genome Project

Book Reviews

• Genomic implications of oxidative stress in Caco-2 cells
• Tracing Your Jewish DNA for Family History & Ancestry: Merging a Mosaic of Communities
• Stem Cells: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References
• Reversible histone ubiquitylation in genomic regulation: The roles of ubiquitin proteases UBP10 and UBP8 in the budding yeast
• Genes VIII
• Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene
• Darwin In the Genome: Molecular Strategies in Biological Evolution
• The Tangled Field : Barbara McClintock's Search for the Patterns of Genetic Control
• Analyzing Chromosomes (Basics S.)
• Plant Breeding: Analysis and Exploitation of Variation