Welcome to the genome : a user's guide to the genetic past, present, and future / Rob DeSalle, Michael Yudell.

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Liss, [2005], ©2005.

xxiv, 215 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

"Published in association with the American Museum of Natural History."

From Mendel to molecules -- The building blocks of gene sequencing -- Sequencing the genome -- Keeping the genome safe -- 99.9% -- The tree of life -- The world to come: medicine -- The world to come: agriculture -- Caution: welcoming the genome.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-204) and index.