Cartoon Guide to Genetics

by Larry Gonick

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Cartoon Guide Series

ISBN-10 0062730991

ISBN-13 9780062730992

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Imprint Collins Reference

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 12th, 2000

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 304 grams

Dimensions 23.30 x 18.90 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Science: general issues Genetics (non-medical)

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Presents the principles of genetics - classical and modern - in a cartoon format. Anecdotes about how the ancients tried to explain sex determination and inheritance abound, making the learning of the concepts of Mendel's Laws, mutations, DNA and gene splicing easier to understand.

Have you ever asked yourself:

Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?

Watson and Crick? Aren''t they a team of British detectives?

Plant sex? Can they do that?

Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?

Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it''s not only educational, it''s funny too!

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