Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future (Life Sciences)

This book is a "user's guide" to the genome, thrilling the reader about the wonders of this unraveling mystery while simultaneously providing real insights into the science and provoking important questions about the future of our society in the genomics era. While drawing from the widely acclaimed Genomic Revolution exhibit held at the American Museum of Natural History, it delves deeper into the themes addressed there, particularly stressing the impact on medicine as well as conservation biology and agriculture. Written in an engaging manner and filled with fascinating color images, this vivid, provocative guide is the most reader friendly introduction to this topic and should be required reading for anyone wishing to delve into the genome and its revolutionary effects on our future.