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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick This is an absolutely fascinating account of a line of cells that would proliferate to such a degree that they became immortal. Shaved from a tumor in a poor black woman in the 1950s, cultured without her knowledge, and grown to amazing proportions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the tale of a woman whose cells were used — without her knowledge — in breakthrough medical research after her 1951 death. Skloot's moving story of faith, family, and science uses the past to teach us about... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments The best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve now turns his sights on the United States, one of the most genetically variegated countries in the world. From the blue-blooded pockets of old-WASP New England to the vast tribal lands of the Navajo... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition With a New Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts (07 Edition) by Sykes Publisher Comments One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA by Jeff Wheelwright Publisher Comments A vibrant young Hispano woman, Shonnie Medina, inherits a breast-cancer mutation known as BRCA1.185delAG. It is a genetic variant characteristic of Jews. The Medinas knew they were descended from Native Americans and Spanish Catholics, but they did not... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D Watson Publisher Comments The personal account of one of the great scientific discoveries of the century. By identifying the structure of DNA, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won a Nobel Prize. His honest account of their sprint against other world... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.) by Sharon Moalem Publisher Comments Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley From Powells.com Matt Ridley's Genome is one of the best, and most popular, works of popular science of recent years, in line with such instant classics as Richard Rhodes's The Making of the Atomic Bomb or Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. Ever since James Watson and... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Our Genes, Our Choices by David Goldman Publisher Comments Are people free to make choices, or do genes determine behavior? Paradoxically, the answer to both questions is yes, because of neurogenetic individuality, a new theory with profound implications. This theory emerged from gene discoveries by Dr. Goldman... (read more) Your price: $74.95 New - Trade Paper
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Food Fray: Inside the Controversy Over Genetically Modified Food by Lisa H. Weasel Publisher Comments It started with little fanfare over a decade ago, when genetically modified foods quietly appeared on American grocery shelves. But in the years since, GM foods have sparked a global controversy and sounded alarms here at home, triggered by a multitude... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments Timely and fascinating, this work covers a wealth of controversial topics, including whether there is a genetic cause for male greed, aggression, and promiscuity; the possible existence of a male homosexual gene; and what, if anything, can be done to... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals by Robert M Sapolsky Publisher Comments A collection of original essays by a leading neurobiologist and primatologist shares the author's insights into behavioral biology, in a volume that focuses on three primary topics, including the physiology of genes, the human body, and the factors that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom by Sean B. Carroll Publisher Comments 'Evo Devo is evolutionary developmental biology, the third revolution in evolutionary biology. The first was marked by the publication of The Origin of Species. The second occurred in the early twentieth century, when Darwin\'s theories were merged with... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Origins of the British: the New Prehistory of Britain by Stephen Oppenheimer Publisher Comments History has long maintained that the Anglo-Saxon overtaking of the Iron Age Celts was the origin of the British people. Celtic Britain reconstructs the peopling of Britain -- through a study of genetics, climatology, archaeology, language, culture, and... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Mass Market
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Molecular Evolution (98 Edition) by Roderic D. Page Publisher Comments The study of molecular evolution has now permeated the whole of evolutionary biology. This book is intended for graduate students taking courses in molecular evolution/phylogeny reconstruction, although it will also be a useful supplement for students... (read more) List Price $144.75 Your price: $90.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Advanced Genetic Analysis: Genes, Genomes, and Networks in Eukaryotes by Philip Meneely Publisher Comments How can we explore gene expression in time and space? How do we know what role a particular gene has? How do some genes control the expression of others? How do genes interact to form gene networks? Advanced Genetic Analysis probes fascinating questions... (read more) Your price: $93.50 New - Trade Paper
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Adam's Curse: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Destiny by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments Timely and fascinating, this work covers a wealth of controversial topics, including whether there is a genetic cause for male greed, aggression, and promiscuity; the possible existence of a male homosexual gene; and what, if anything, can be done to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions by Richard C Lewontin Publisher Comments Is our nature—as individuals, as a species—determined by our evolution and encoded in our genes? If we unravel the protein sequences of our DNA, will we gain the power to cure all of our physiological and psychological afflictions and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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