TY - BOOK AU - Rosenberg,Leon E. AU - Rosenberg,Diane Drobnis TI - Human genes and genomes: science, health, society SN - 9780123852120 : AV - QH431 .R812353 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - United States of America PB - Elsevier Academic Press KW - Human genetics KW - Medical genetics KW - Genomics KW - Genetics, Medical KW - Genetic Phenomena N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and index N2 - Leon (molecular biology and public and international affairs, Princeton U.) and Diane, a science and medical writer before graduating to run an alpaca farm in New Jersey, present a textbook that can be used in a one-semester undergraduate course for students who are not science majors. The rationale is that all educated people need to know something about human genes and genomes. The topics include framing the field, genetics, the transmission of genes, biological evolution, disorders of variable genomic architecture, and populations and individuals. Academic press in an imprint of Elsevier. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) ER -