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The Double Helix (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 20,127 ratings — published 1968
The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dna)
avg rating 4.30 — 794 ratings — published 2016
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as dna)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,651 ratings — published 2001
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dna)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,258 ratings — published 2020
DNA: The Secret of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as dna)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,831 ratings — published 2002
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dna)
avg rating 4.28 — 41,470 ratings — published 2021
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dna)
avg rating 3.89 — 46,165 ratings — published 2019
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dna)
avg rating 4.35 — 56,156 ratings — published 2016
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as dna)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,116 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as dna)
avg rating 4.13 — 808,746 ratings — published 2010
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as dna)
avg rating 4.01 — 596,925 ratings — published 2013
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as dna)
avg rating 4.01 — 10,887 ratings — published 2012
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as dna)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,170 ratings — published 2016
Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dna)
avg rating 3.77 — 193 ratings — published 2004
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dna)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,109 ratings — published 1999
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as dna)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,067,399 ratings — published 1990
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as dna)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,026,204 ratings — published 1979
Darwin's Radio (Darwin's Radio, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as dna)
avg rating 3.73 — 16,700 ratings — published 1999
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as dna)
avg rating 4.03 — 89,580 ratings — published 1988
Your DNA Guide, the book : step-by-step plans to connect you with your family using your DNA (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dna)
avg rating 4.21 — 56 ratings — published 2020
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dna)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,412 ratings — published 2018
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dna)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,997 ratings — published 2002
Last Chance to See (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dna)
avg rating 4.32 — 26,192 ratings — published 1990
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dna)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,194 ratings — published 2006
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,976 ratings — published 2024
I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,554 ratings — published 2023
Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.48 — 71 ratings — published
The Soulmate Equation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 3.99 — 302,523 ratings — published 2021
Genetic Genealogy in Practice (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.41 — 141 ratings — published 2016
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,450 ratings — published 2014
The Epigenetics Revolution (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,465 ratings — published 2011
Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 3.93 — 117 ratings — published 2013
Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.28 — 25,383 ratings — published 1986
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 4.18 — 7,583 ratings — published 1998
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as dna)
avg rating 3.97 — 148,980 ratings — published 1987
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,730 ratings — published 2020
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,803 ratings — published 2019
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,336 ratings — published 2018
Guide to DNA Testing: How to Identify Ancestors, Confirm Relationships, and Measure Ethnic Ancestry through DNA Testing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.77 — 299 ratings — published 2014
Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.83 — 871 ratings — published 2013
The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,647 ratings — published 2014
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.86 — 466 ratings — published 2008
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 4.02 — 559,104 ratings — published 2011
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,804 ratings — published 2009
The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 3.07 — 162 ratings — published 2007
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA – A Powerful Biography of the Woman Airbrushed Out of Scientific History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dna)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,614 ratings — published 2002
The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dna)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,875 ratings — published 2022
The Sawtooth Slayer (Venator Cold Case Series #2)
by (shelved 3 times as dna)
avg rating 4.61 — 888 ratings — published
“I placed some of the DNA on the ends of my fingers and rubbed them together. The stuff was sticky. It began to dissolve on my skin. 'It's melting -- like cotton candy.'
'Sure. That's the sugar in the DNA,' Smith said.
'Would it taste sweet?'
'No. DNA is an acid, and it's got salts in it. Actually, I've never tasted it.'
Later, I got some dried calf DNA. I placed a bit of the fluff on my tongue. It melted into a gluey ooze that stuck to the roof of my mouth in a blob. The blob felt slippery on my tongue, and the taste of pure DNA appeared. It had a soft taste, unsweet, rather bland, with a touch of acid and a hint of salt. Perhaps like the earth's primordial sea. It faded away.
Page 67, in Richard Preston's biographical essay on Craig Venter, "The Genome Warrior" (originally published in The New Yorker in 2000).”
― The Best American Science Writing 2001
'Sure. That's the sugar in the DNA,' Smith said.
'Would it taste sweet?'
'No. DNA is an acid, and it's got salts in it. Actually, I've never tasted it.'
Later, I got some dried calf DNA. I placed a bit of the fluff on my tongue. It melted into a gluey ooze that stuck to the roof of my mouth in a blob. The blob felt slippery on my tongue, and the taste of pure DNA appeared. It had a soft taste, unsweet, rather bland, with a touch of acid and a hint of salt. Perhaps like the earth's primordial sea. It faded away.
Page 67, in Richard Preston's biographical essay on Craig Venter, "The Genome Warrior" (originally published in The New Yorker in 2000).”
― The Best American Science Writing 2001
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
