From Gregor Mendel's experiments on garden peas to the mammoth Human Genome Project of today--how did we get where we are in the science of genetics? In this intriguing book, Bruce Wallace examines the concept of the gene and recounts the history of genetic research, providing a concise transition from genetics to modern molecular biology.
--Richard M. Burian, Center for the Study of Science in Society, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University "The Quarterly Review of Biology"