A fact-filled, clear introduction to genetics for young readers explains what genes are, how they make protein, their roles in determining physical characteristics, and how genetic engineering works.
Looks at the unique quality of genes and chromosomal material. The book looks at why everyone looks different to everyone else, why boys are different from girls and why children look like their parents. The author and illustrator of this book won the 1991 Science Book Prize for "Cells are Us" and "Cell Wars".