heredity

Photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and simple text explains the role that genes play in passing individual traits from one generation to another.

Presents an introduction to genetics, looking at early ideas about how parents passed characteristics to their offspring, discussing the origins of the study of genetics, and following developments in the field through the twentieth century.

Explains how heredity influences the way people look, the health problems they might get, and the ways they might be similar to other members of their family, and describes how heredity was discovered.

Explains the role DNA and genes play in humans and animals, describes how the structure of DNA was discovered, and explores recent advances in genetic research.

Provides comprehensive information on the history of genetics and how it affects our lives today.

Discusses human differences--genetic, social and geographic. Presents all humankind as belonging to one family, living in a world that all must share.

Briefly discusses the principles of genetics and heredity as illustrated by a youngster's family tree.

Examines the history and development of genetic fingerprinting and how scientists are using this knowledge in various fields including crime prevention and medicine.

Discusses how living things inherit traits, chronicles the history of the study of heredity, and examines current research on genetic engineering and mapping the human gene.

Explains what heredity is and how genes determine the traits of animals or plants.