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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures & Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations　 Chapter 1. From Mendel’s Peas to Double Helices From Genes to Genomes Agriculture is Applied Genetics Mendel’s Experiments —The Mystery of the Missing Traits The Chromosome Connection In Pursuit of the Genetic Material Chapter 2. How Genes Work A Brief History of CF Mikayla’s Story The Individual Level: Tissues and Organs The Family Level The Population Chapter 3. Genes and Health A Genomic View of Health Causes of Death – An Organizing Framework Cancer: The Cell Cycle Out of Control The Microbiome and Infectious Disease Chapter 4. Genetic Testing The First Generation of Genetic Tests: Proteins The Second Generation of Genetic Tests: DNA The Third Generation of Genetic Tests: Exomes and Genomes Chapter 5. Gene Therapy and Genome Editing Protein Therapy Came First Gene Therapy Gene and Genome Editing Chapter 6. From Ancestry to Destiny DNA as Clock and Compass The First Hominins DNA Evidence Overlaps Fossil Evidence Expansion Out of Africa From Archaic Humans to Modern Humans Into Europe Genetic Genealogy and Ancestry Testing The Future: Will Humanity Homogenize or Diverge? Glossary Bibliography Index

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