Most Read This Week In 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.

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Most Read This Week Tagged "Genetics"

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
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
A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix
Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation
The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
Breeding the Human Herd: Eugenics, Dysgenics and the Future of the Species
The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA
A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution
The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America

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

Bryan Sykes
Oral myths are closer to the genetic conclusions than the often ambiguous scientific evidence of archaeology.
Bryan Sykes, Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

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