Evolution and Genetics: The Molecules of Inheritance

by Jill Bailey

Book Overview

In recent decades, scientists have learned that life is governed by the extraordinary system of genes encoded in the chemical patterns of DNA in every cell. These mechanisms have gradually been revealed, and we now know how genes can be transmitted between generations, and how they are expressed in the bodies of all living things. This knowledge has accompanied an ever increasing understanding of the dynamics of evolution through natural selection,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195211375
• ISBN13: 9780195211375
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

The best of its period (1995)

This freshman level work on evolution and genetics was, given the quality of information and profusion of illustration, designed for the classroom. It stands above all others in its class. I was hoping that there would be a new edition.