Simply Genetics

Genetics is one of the most consequential scientific developments of the twentieth century — the discipline that revealed the molecular basis of heredity, enabled the sequencing of the human genome, and is now beginning to offer the possibility of editing the genetic basis of disease. DK’s Simply Genetics presents the core concepts — DNA, genes, chromosomes, inheritance, mutation, genetic engineering, and CRISPR — in the clear, visual, progressive format of the DK Simply series.

Each concept is explained with visual diagrams that make molecular processes immediately comprehensible, and the historical development of genetics — from Mendel’s peas through Watson and Crick’s double helix to the contemporary revolution in genomic medicine — provides the context that makes the science meaningful.

An essential introduction to one of the most important scientific fields of our time. Published by DK.