Just finished Matt Ridley’s book Genome, which is billed as an “autobiography of a species in 23 chapters.” The book format follows our 23 chromosomal pairs, focusing on a human characteristic in each chapter that is related to a particular chromosome.
The book has been out a few years, so many of you may have read it, but if you haven’t I highly recommend it. Basic genetic literacy is becoming what basic geographic literacy has been for 150 years—basic knowledge needed for everyday understanding.