50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know, 9781529442700
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Explore 50 genetics ideas that shaped life, science, and future.
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50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know

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    208 pages

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    13 October 2025

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Summary

Decoding Life: 50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know

Master the ideas that have shaped the study of genetics today.

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Mark Henderson and Helen Sims introduce and explain the central ideas of genetics, beginning with the theory of evolution to the very latest, cutting-edge developments in gene therapy and artificial life.

From the double helix and how nature and nurture work together, to genetic testing and race,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529442700
ISBN-10:1529442702
Series:50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
Author:Mark Henderson
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Greenfinch
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:13 October 2025
Weight:144g
Dimensions:178mm x 110mm x 18mm
About The Author

Mark Henderson

Mark Henderson is Director of Corporate Affairs at Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation whose mission is to tackle some of the most urgent health challenges we all face today through high-quality scientific research. Before that, he had a 15-year career in journalism at The Times, where he was Science Editor and won several awards for his reporting.

Helen Sims is Science Writer at Wellcome Trust. She has worked in the medical communications sector for nearly 10 years, and has supported clients including Novo Nordisk, Roche and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Helen studied Biomedical Science at Cardiff University and, prior to embarking upon her writing career, was part of the Neurodegenerative Diseases Drug Hunting Team at Eli Lilly and Company, UK.

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