Genetics (Teach yourself books) PDF book 1972 by R.J. Berry

This book introduces the language and principal ideas of genetics and discusses some of the more interesting results in as non- mathematical away as possible. It is not intended to be a balanced survey of all the various aspects of genetics but merely a general introduction to the subject for the interested layman, and for the 'A' level and first-year university student. Genetics is concerned with the transmission of characteristics from one generation of living things to the next, and it is the task of the geneticist to discover the reasons for and mechanisms of continuing similarities and differences in different kinds of organisms. This book introduces the language and principal ideas of genetics and discusses some of the more interesting results. It is not intended to be a balanced survey of all the various aspects of genetics but merely a general introduction to the subject for the interested layman, and for the ‘A’ level and first-year university student.Reader in Genetics in the University of London and Head of the Department of Biology at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London