Engel, Leonard,
The New Genetics
, Doubleday and Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1966. (Deals with some of the latest finds in the field of genetics.)
Gabriel, Mordecai L., (ed),
Great
Experiments in Biology
, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1955. (A presentation of scientific writings in the original including those of the great geneticist, Hermann J. Muller.)
McKusick, Victor A., Human Genetics, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1964. (One of a few authoritative books available to the layman, written in a readable style and incorporating the latest findings.)
Milunsky, Audrey, Know
Your
Genes
, Avon Books, New York, 1979. (A clear, accurate, and readable book on medical genetics; hereditary disorders, genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, sex selection, twins, and more. Ethical, moral, and legal issues are given thoughtful consideration.)
Peters, James A.,
Classic
Papers
in
Genetics
, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1959. (Several original papers from the outstanding men of genetics including Mendel up to those of the present day.)
Scheinfeld, Amram,
Your Heredity and Environment
, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1964. (Explains how heredity works to produce a unique individual and the effect of the environment on the person.)
Sullivan, Navin, The Message of the Genes, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1967. (A lucid account of the mechanisms of heredity showing that today’s molecular biologists have arrived at a clear understanding of life itself.