Preface; Introduction; A Brief History of Genetics; What is DNA?; The New Biology; DNA Replication; What Information is Stored in a Gene?; Where Did the Notion of Messenger RNA Come From?; Transcription; Translation; Genetic Code; PaJaMo and the Operon; The Diversity of Gene Expression; A Brief Remider of Relative Size; A Brief Reminder of Genes in Humans; Prokaryotes versus Eukaryotes; Restriction Enzymes and Genetic Engineering; Cloning DNA Fragments; Cloning and Sequencing Genes; Exons, Introns, and Splicing; Chromatin and Histones; Gene Families; Controlling Genes for Antibodies.

ChromosomesTelomeres; Imprinting and Micro RNAs: ""Hidden"" Layers of Gene Regulation; Epigenetics; Prions; The Human Genome Project; The Human Genome Unveiled; High Throughput Sequencing; SNPs; Manipulatating the Genome; Cloning the Organism- The History; From the Nucleus of an Intestinal Cell to a Whole Frog; Making Tissues from Stem Cells; Going in the Other Direction: Changing Mature Cells to Stem Cells; The Impact of New Genetics on Medical Research; Diagnosis; DNA and the Judicial System; PCR; The Impact of DNA; Biotechnology; The Origin of Life; Tinkering; Selfish Genes.

Evolving Evolution- Sources of Darwinian TheoryThe Big Gene Bet of the Last Millennium (1999 AD); The Twists & Turns of History:The Problems with Gradualism; Watching Evolution in Action: Changes in the Stickleback Fish; DNA & Genetics and the Changing Views of Human Evolution; Human Evolution and the DNA Beginnings of Vocal Expression: Birdsong and Language; Epilogue to the First Edition; Glossary; Reading List.