Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications

We use it routinely to cure diseases, solve crimes, and reunite families. Yet we've known about it for only 60 years. And what we're continuing to learn about it every day has the potential to transform our health, our nutrition, our society, and our future. It is DNA—deoxyribonucleic acid, the self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms. Join award-winning teacher, author, and scientist Dr. David Sadava as he guides us through decades of scientific discovery and the weighty implications for us, as individuals and as a society.

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