(Part 2) Best products from r/genetics

Heya. I'd start with introductory literature to get a decent grasp on genetics in the first place. At least to the point where you understand structures of genes, structure and function of enhancers and such, and how the enzymes play a role to perform the tasks with DNA. You can find much of that in a book like Concepts of Genetics.

Afterward, there is a great book, Human Molecular Genetics. This outlines much of what we know about the human genome and the mammoth amount of complexities. I believe it has all recent concepts of modifying the human genome and all of the stem cell research in there, along with how it works. It's not going to make a whole lot of sense without some basics, though.

My PI had cool glass sculptures around her office so I got her this to add to the collection:


Crystal Statue

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It might be a bit on the expensive side for your purposes though.

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If you find a cool pin or brooch that would be great too. Though the letter and stopping by periodically to check in would probably do a lot in their own right.

That is a decent text book, and while not bleeding edge, will probably be fine for fundamentals.

Lewin's Genes is also pretty comprehensive and I think the most recent edition (12th) was published last year.

You may consider buying a genetics textbook and go from there if you don't already have one. Search online for Ebook textbooks.

If you want a really good read about history of genes, and how we figured out how genes function - read The lac Operon (I have this version the green one looks like a newer edition)

I took a Genetics and Microbiology of Prokaryotes course, and the lac operon was our only text. It focuses on the history and analysis of gene control with focus on the lac operon. (If I recall correctly)

I might even go reread this book now that I think about it.

I'd think a doctor or blood bank would do it, saying as knowing one's blood type is pretty important. You could alternatively buy a kit online like this.

I'm a big fan of Hartwell et al, Genetics: From Genes to Genomes. In particular, the problems at the end of each chapter are the best I saw in any intro textbook.

The director of my human genetics graduate program is very passionate about the role of genetics in personalized medicine and gives each new first year student this book.

Just added this to my amazon wishlist. Would you recommend it to an incoming pharmacy student? I'm actually about to start The Violinist's Thumb tomorrow, although it doesn't seem it will be nearly as heavy of a read as your book.

If anybody stumbles onto this discussion later, I found this book to have a fairly good treatment of basic variance component and heredity-related information.

I have dipped into genetics and analysis of quantitative traits by Lynch and Walsh a few times and found it useful.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genetics-Analysis-Quantitative-Traits-Michael/dp/0878934812

I'm a bacteria guy, so I'll recommend a book of microbiology essays:

http://www.amazon.ca/Microbes-Evolution-World-Darwin-Never/dp/1555815405

There's lots of cool stuff going on with the organisms that we can't see!

Given your background I would recommend this

I would read "The Selfish Gene" By Richard Dawkins. It is a fantastic read about the general ideas of genetics. I read it when in high school and it absolutely blew my mind. Here is the link to the book on amazon.

Since gordonj has already written a fine answer, let me take another tack and suggest that the book An Ancestor's Tale is a very readable discussion of topics related to this.

I took a course in my undergrad about the genetic engineering of plants. I read most of this book and really enjoyed it. It is fairly basic in its concepts, but at the same time very informative and detailed.

>Human genome, and how modification really works

I'm not to well versed in the modification of the human genome. I don't think there is much literature in this area because there is not a lot of research that currently works with directly modify the human genome (ethical issues). I would imagine though there are books out there on the modification of animals and mammals in general.

There's an ethnography by Paul Rabinow from the 90s that talks about just how constructed and artificial this is. In fact, it's called "French DNA". We certainly have traceable ancestry, but this rarely follows national boundaries is only tangentially related to "nationality" per se.

Right now, I am reading [Inheritance: How our genes change our lives and how our lives change our genes] (http://www.amazon.com/Inheritance-Genes-Change-Lives---Lives/dp/1455549444/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425770881&sr=8-3&keywords=inheritance). Very readable and informative at a variety of levels.

I second The Violinist's Thumb.

Also see https://www.amazon.com/Synthesizing-Nature-nurture-Prenatal-Instinctive-Distinguished/dp/0805825487

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0231161174/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51xwQxZljmL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL100_SR100%2C100_&psc=1&refRID=Y92YH4WPFMCNMYNTFAYF

here's where I found it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079FYVV8J?customId=B07535Y1SC&th=1