num_pages: 375
description: A renowned science writer reveals how the insights of Gregor Mendel, a mid-nineteenth-century Moravian friar whose experiments with peas created the foundation for modern genetics, are the key to understanding genetics today, and discusses the ethical implications of current genetic technologies, from cloning to the Human Genome Project. 10,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Impact of the Gene: From Mendel's Peas to Designer Babies
titlecomplete: The Impact of the Gene: From Mendel's Peas to Designer Babies
genres: Science, Popular Science, Genetics, Evolution, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Hill & Wang Pub