The wonder of genetics : the creepy, the curious, and the commonplace / Richard B. Kowles.

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010.

337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Genetics everywhere -- Males and females: there are differences -- Females are genetic mosaics -- Anyone exactly like you? -- Playing genetic roulette -- The importance of Mama -- Those awful sideshows -- Why so many miscarriages? -- Radiation: friend or foe? -- You are what you eat: rearranged -- Women in the Olympics -- Marrying your cousin -- The baby is not mine -- Losing their punch -- Genetics is big in agriculture -- Amazing maize -- Seedless watermelons -- Eating genetically modified foods -- Growing human hormones on the south 40 -- Gene therapy: changing your heredity -- Animals have stem cells too -- Sterile? So what! -- Cloning: chip off the old block -- An old conflict: nature versus nurture -- The bad seed -- Catching bad people and freeing innocent people -- Free will or not -- Cancer: innocent cells gone astray -- Human Genome Project -- Skin color -- Gene pools and race -- Fountain of youth -- The discord between evolution and creationism -- Movies and genetic implications -- Genetic misconceptions -- Genetics and politics crossing paths -- Conclusions.