Heredity and genetics

Discusses how genes are passed on through the generations, how variations occur, and how these genetic changes can help humans and other populations survive.

Readers will gain a deeper understanding of how DNA and RNA work together to make all the individual humans, animals, and plants on our planet.

Readers will learn how genetic variation results from gene mutations and sexual reproduction, as well as how asexual reproduction works, which will allow them to understand how an organism's functions depend on its specific gene structure.

Supports the Next Generation Science Standards on heredity and biological evolution by examining the history of genetics and the Human Genome Project.

This book uses simple language and detailed images and charts to explain how genetic ancestry testing is done, what it can, and cannot, reveal about a family tree, and the potential unintended consequences of being tested.

Explores the work of Aristotle, Linnaeus, Darwin, and other figures throughout history who have studied the natural world, and the technologies that allow scientists to study organisms at the genetic level. Helps readers understand how mutations lead to genetic variation, which in turn leads to natural selection.

Explores how DNA and RNA work together to design specific hereditary traits in individual humans, animals, and plants on our planet.