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Modern Genetic Analysis
Further Readings

Students interested in pursuing genetics further should start reading original research articles in scientific journals. Some important journals are Cell, Chromosoma, Current Genetics, Evolution, Gene, Genetic Research, Genetics, Genomics, Heredity, Human Genetics, Journal of Medical Genetics, Journal of Molecular Biology, Molecular and General Genetics, Mutation Research, Nature, Plasmid, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and Science. Useful review articles may be found in Annual Review of Genetics, Advances in Genetics, and Trends in Genetics. In addition, there are many useful sites dealing with genetics on the Internet.

Some particularly useful references, mostly general reviews, are listed below under the chapters to which they relate.

Chapter 1
Carlson, E. A. 1996. The Gene: A Critical History. Philadelphia: Saunders. A readable history of genetics.
Clausen, J., D. D. Keck, and W. W. Hiesey. 1940. Experimental Studies on the Nature of Species, Vol. 1: The Effect of Varied Environments on Western North American Plants. Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publ. No. 520, 1 452. This publication and the following one by the same authors are the classic studies of norms of reaction of plants from natural populations.
Clausen, J., D. D. Keck, and W. W. Hiesey. 1958. Experimental Studies on the Nature of Species. Vol. 3: Environmental Responses of Climatic Races of Achiella. Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publ. No. 581, 1 129.
J. Horgan. 1993. Eugenics Revisited Scientific American June. A discussion of the selective regulation of human reproduction.
Milunsky, A., and G. J. Annas, eds. 1975. Genetics and the Law. New York: Plenum Press. Interesting accounts of the ramifications of genetics in the lives of individuals.
Moore, J. A. 1985. Science As a Way of KnowingGenetics. American Zoologist 25:1 165. One short book from an excellent series that focuses on the modus operandi of science.
Schmalhausen, I. I. 1949. Factors of Evolution: The Theory of Stabilizing Selection. Philadelphia: Blakiston. The most general discussion of the relation of genotype and environment in the formation of phenotypic variation.
Silver, L. 1998. Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World. A popular book on the effects of genetic technology, by one of the leading experts in mammalian genetics.
Sturtevant, A. H. 1965. A History of Genetics. New York: Harper & Row. Another useful historical test.

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