The Rough Guide to Genes & Cloning

by Jon Turney and Jess Buxton

Book Overview

What exactly is a gene? How does cloning actually work? Are designer babies a bad idea? Could we ever clone a human? The Rough Guide To Genes & Cloning answers all these questions and more. From the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843537591
• ISBN13: 9781843537595
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A remarkable book- extremely comprehensive

I'm very impressed with this book- in 300 pages (of relatively small font), it covers all facets of genetics, including the latest research. They even mention genetics in pop culture with a listing of notable movies and books... The authors present the material with remarkable clarity...the only "error" I saw was when they state that humans are 99.99% the same (a recent study that just came out has now reduced this to 99.0%). Overall, this may be the best book for the layman- I've also heard good things about "Genetics for Dummies" (2005), but I haven't read that one yet...