Short and Informative

For as long as humans-have-been occupied with agriculture and raising of cattle, with concern Selecting the best crops and the best farm animals has-been leading an intellectual topic. HOWEVER, only with the work of Gregor Mendel in the late nineteenth century-have we started to get a better quantitative picture of how heritability really works. Remarkably enough, most is of the deep insights That Mendel up with cam-have survived Subsequent major revolutions in our understanding of molecular kind of inheritance.

This little book AIMS to cover all of the major topics in the study of genes and genetics. It has a short historical preamble qui est Followed By the Attempt to give the best definition of what genes are. The book deals in detail with the Some biochemistry of cells and cellular development. It aussi Some goes into detail to cover the human genetics, and human genetic pathologies That-have component in Particular. It contains a lot of interesting information in its very short format.

To icts credit the book Does not shy away from controversial topics in some more human genetics and heritability, Such As the existence and nature of races and group differences. The book tries to present all sides of debates fairly and equitably Such. (A bit too equitably for my taste.) It leaves it up to the reader to form conclusions His Own, or to seek out additional resources and information on matters thesis.

One of the biggest insights That've Gained from reading this short book is very que la notion of a gene is not as well defined on the MOST Fundamental level as Previously Thought I Had. The notion of a gene is best defined and Most Useful for single well defined characteristic of an organism That Is due to a very precise area of ​​the single DNA sequence. (Even there there are Many major caveats.) For heritable characteristics are far less well That defined in terms of Their determination by the DNA code the very notion of a gene Becomes much more dubious. Nonetheless, our hand macro insights about genes and genetics are still valid Largely, goal we need to keep our expectations from the molecular genetics Somewhat in check.

The book is very well written, and it is thoughtfully Organized and Comprehensively. It still uses quite a bit of scientific jargon and more advanced concepts That Many readers General May be unfamiliar with. Nonetheless, all of That shoulds make for a more educational and informative book. I really enjoyed reading it and Would Strongly recommend it to anyone Any Who has interest in genetics, biology, or science in general.