Author Ryan, a physician and evolutionary biologist, treats readers to the long history of the discovery and study of DNA, and forecasts what DNA research might provide in the near future--the eradication and treatment of many diseases currently plaguing the human race.
Content Note
Who could have guessed it? -- DNA is confirmed as the code -- The story in the picture -- A couple of misfits -- The secret of life -- The sister molecule -- The logical next step -- First draft of the human genome -- How heredity changes -- The advantage of living together -- The viruses that are part of us -- Genomic level evolution -- Our history preserved in our DNA -- Our more distant ancestors -- The great wilderness of prehistory -- Our human relatives -- The fate of the Neanderthals -- What makes you unique -- The fifth element.