Title in English: The Human DNA Manual. Understanding Your Genetic Code
The book presents genetics – one of the most dynamic and exciting fields of science today – in a very attractive way. It explains the basic principles of heredity, the relationship between genes and the environment, the influence of heredity on disease and behaviour, and describes the practical applications of genetics in medicine and pharmacy, or in archaeology and criminology, including the identification of individuals. It outlines the possibilities and limitations of genetics for the future and tries to answer the question of what the new possibilities of genetics and DNA research will bring us. Almost half of the book consists of beautiful illustrations, photographs and diagrams which greatly aid understanding of the interpretation. Coloured information panels are also suitably interspersed throughout the text, deepening the topic.
