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 World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature
Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
The Genetic Age: Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life
The Selfish Gene
The Gene: An Intimate History
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)
Anti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiHuman Diversity by Charles MurrayThe Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein
Sober Provocations and Perspectives
107 books — 34 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical Microhistories
100 books — 95 voters

Endlich schmerzfrei mit Trigger-Osteopraktik by Wolfgang BauermeisterDeep Sleep for beginners by A.J. CameronBeyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.Gut by Giulia EndersThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases  by Paul Ola
Functional Medicine
98 books — 98 voters


Iain Reid
“ Seeing someone with their parents is a tangible reminder that we're all composites. ...more ”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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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