This list is for the most well known genetics books on Goodreads,

For purposes of this list, only include books with over 500 ratings and shelved at least 10 times as genetics.

Anything with less than 500 ratings or shelved less than 10 times as genetics will be removed and without comment.

See also:
Genetics for Non Scientists
Genetics

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107 books · 56 voters · list created October 15th, 2018 by Mitchell Friedman (votes) .
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Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Oryx and Crake?


message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Oryx and Crake?"

10 people out there shelved Oryx and Crake as Genetics. It's just not a super popular tag.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yeah. It's also a novel, which is why it looked funny!


message 4: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman removed because Human Evolutionary Genetics, Second Edition has 17 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution, and the Neutral Theory: Selected Papers has 6 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because Computational Molecular Evolution has 13 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because Evolutionary Genetics has 32 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design has 57 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.


message 5: by Mitchell (last edited Nov 28, 2018 08:23PM) (new)

Mitchell Friedman removed because The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life has 471 ratings which is less than the 500 minimum and is shelved under genetics 3 times which is under the 10 minimum.

removed because I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life is shelved under genetic 6 times which is under the 10 minimum.


message 6: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman The requirements for this list are pretty clear - 500 ratings and shelved at least 10 times as genetics. The Angel Experiment has been shelved 20 times as genetics.

As compared to Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America - shelved 0 as genetics. And Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class - shelved only 8 times as genetics


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