Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms.It is generally considered a field of biology, but it intersects frequently with many of the life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems.

See also Science.
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters
Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness
The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
Books Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA
The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Selfish Gene
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
The Epigenetics Revolution
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
The Double Helix
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
Genetics by Leland H. HartwellGenetics by Benjamin A. PierceLewin's GENES XI by Jocelyn E. KrebsHuman Genetics by Ricki LewisMolecular Biology of the Gene by James D. Watson
Open Syllabus Genetics Books
113 books — 2 voters

You Have a Match by Emma LordThe Truth Project by Dante MedemaThis Golden State by Marit WeisenbergTruth Be Told by Sue DivinLittle Pieces of Me by Alison Hammer
DNA / Genetic Tests in Fiction
21 books — 4 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases  by Paul OlaParasite Rex by Carl ZimmerIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallThe Blind Watchmaker by Richard DawkinsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Biology
162 books — 26 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
453 books — 307 voters


The science of genetics is in a transition period, becoming an exact science just as the chemistry in the times of Lavoisier, who made the balance an indispensable implement in chemical research.
Wilhelm Johannsen

Amit Ray
The scientific knowledge derived from genetics, epigenetics, and neuroscience, should be used to enhance the power of meditation and to eliminate the sufferings of humanity.
Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

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