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- Illustrates, simplifies, and humor-coats the important principles of classical and modern genetics and their experimental bases, with amusing anecdotes about how the ancients tried to explain inheritance and sex determination.
- Author(s): Larry Gonick
- 224 Pages
- Science, Life Sciences
- Series Name: Cartoon Guide
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Book Synopsis
Illustrates, simplifies, and humor-coats the important principles of classical and modern genetics and their experimental bases, with amusing anecdotes about how the ancients tried to explain inheritance and sex determination.From the Back Cover
Have you ever asked yourself:
Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?
Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives?
Plant sex? Can they do that?
Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?
Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?
Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics--it's not only educational, it's funny too!
Review Quotes
"If you can't learn Mendelian genetics from this text, I guess you never will."-- "New Scientist"It puts textbooks to shame."-- Matthew Meselson, Professor of Biology, Harvard Univercity
Dimensions (Overall): 9.36 Inches (H) x 7.4 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .68 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Life Sciences
Series Title: Cartoon Guide
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Larry Gonick
Language: English
Street Date: August 14, 1991
TCIN: 54270002
UPC: 9780062730992
Item Number (DPCI): 248-44-2096
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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