From Genes to Genomes . Genetics, the science of heredity, is at its core the study of biological information. Geneticists examine how organisms pass biological information on to their progeny and how they use it during their lifetime. This book introduces the field of genetics as it exists at the turn of the 21 st century.
Biological function emerges primarily from protein molecules.
All living forms are closely related. The modular construction of genomes has allowed the relatively rapid evolution of biological complexity. Genetic techniques permit the dissection of biological complexity. Our focus is on human genetics. Robert Desharnais, Jeffrey Bell, and Michael A. Palladino.