The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Freaks became norms, and norms became extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced.

Although initially created by God, animals still had a chance to perfect their forms in the changing natural world.

A chicken, de Vries realized, was merely an egg’s way of making a better egg.

Improved environment and education may better the generation already born. Improved blood will better every generation to come.