Genetics category: 1528 books

Since the publication in 1859 of Darwin's Origin of Species, debate over the theory of evolution has been continuous and often impassioned. In recent years, opponents of "Darwin's dangerous idea" have mounted history's most sophisticated and generously funded attack, claiming that evolution is "a...

Recent technological advances have enabled comprehensive determination of the molecular composition of living cells. The chemical interactions between many of these molecules are known, giving rise to genome-scale reconstructed biochemical reaction networks underlying cellular functions. Mathematical...

In this book, a geneticist who studies identical twins “treats the view that genes are destiny with skepticism” (The New York Times).   How much are the things you choose to do every day determined by your genes and how much is your own free will? Drawing on his own cutting-edge research of identical...

If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Gat to REALLY know yourself with How to be Human. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as...

The Descent of Man, and selection in relation to sex is a book by Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, the first being his 1859 work, On the Origin of Species.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Are Individually Acquired Characters Inherited?' is an essay that discusses the important question of whether traits acquired during an organism's life...

This compelling drama explores the ethical controversy and public policy surrounding reproductive technologies. Wendy Lill has lived almost all the roles the play dramatizes: NDP critic for both culture and persons with disabilities, she came to politics after a career in community health care and as a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Cast of 2 women and 5 men.

Life is not complicated, our defective split brains make this world full of riddles and we must rise above the confusion of our defective split brains. Greedy people make things complicated to deliberately hide the truth. There is easy money to make for the few, if only a few know the truth. Knowledge...

How much is really known about the species that make up the natural world? In this fascinating book, Ken Thompson explains what we do and don't understand about biodiversity. We know that most species remain undiscovered, and that biodiversity is gravely threatened by overfishing, habitat loss, pollution,...

WARNING: Everything you know about the peopling of the Americas is wrong.People in the Americas before the Last Ice Age Glaciation Concluded: An Emerging Paradigm on Western Hemisphere Population Origin covers the turn of the century emerging science on the origin of human population in the western hemisphere....

A role for vitamin A in living organisms has been known throughout human history. In the last 100 years, the biochemical nature of vitamin A and its active derivative, retinoic acid, its physiological impact on growth processes and the essential details of its mechanism of action have been revealed...

What makes you “you” when you were made of the union of your parents’ DNA? Explore the tiniest details about your uniqueness by going over this science book of heredity. Reading should be made a fun experience by choosing materials that are both informative and creative. This is a recommended book on the topic. Grab a copy today!

Have you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, "How could someone be so twisted? So evil?" Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could...