heredity, human

This book introduces readers to cells, DNA and how the body works.

Discusses the genetics and heredity of humans and how much nature or nurture has on the growth and well being of individuals.

Professor Gene and his MicroMachine teach children about DNA, genes, cells, and chromosomes.

Explains how certain physical traits are passed down from parent to child, traces the history of genetic research, discusses advances in genetic mapping and therapies, and describes the methods scientists use to study the subject.

The author relates events from her own life, her pregnancy and the death of her mother from cancer, to the power of heredity in human life and the natural world.