Tabla de Contenidos: “…Beginnings of genetics: from Mendel to Hitler -- The double helix: this is life -- Reading the code: bringing DNA to life -- Playing God: customized DNA molecules -- DNA, dollars, and drugs: biotechnology -- Tempest in a cereal box: genetically modified agriculture -- The human genome: life's screenplay -- Reading genomes: evolution in action -- Out of Africa: DNA and the human past -- Genetic fingerprinting: DNA's day in court -- Gene hunting: the genetics of human disease -- Defying disease: treating and preventing genetic disorders -- Who we are: nature vs. nurture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Nickerson -- Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), an important mutation detection technique in mutation analysis of the breast and ovarian cancer predisposing genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 / Norbert Arnold and Dieter Niederacher -- Mutation detection in the tuberous sclerosis genes TSC1 and TSC2 by DHPLC / Penelope S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gersen -- DNA, chromosomes, and cell division / Martha Keagle -- Human chromosome nomenclature: an overview and definition of terms / Avirachan Tharapel -- Basic laboratory procedures / Martha B. …”