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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New Releases Tagged "Genetics"

Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health
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
The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness
The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health
A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
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)
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
271 books — 111 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank Herbert
Genetics in Science Fiction
223 books — 184 voters
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Plague Dogs by Richard  AdamsFirestarter by Stephen  KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBarnabus by The Fan Brothers
Escape from the Laboratory!
38 books — 4 voters

Osteoporosis Prevention by Susan LandersYoga Nidra by Suresh PatelGut by Giulia EndersThe End of Alzheimer's by Dale E. BredesenUndoctored by William  Davis
Healthy Aging
405 books — 166 voters


Terry Pratchett
Don't tell me from genetics. What've they got to do with it?" said Crowley. "Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you're going to go on about genetics, you might as well say the kid will grow up to be an angel. After all, his father was really big in Heaven in the old days. Saying he'll grow up to be a demon just because his dad _became_ one is like saying a mouse with its tail cut off will give birth to tailless mice. No. Upbringing is everything. Take ...more
Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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