The mysterious world of the human genome / Frank Ryan.

London : William Collins, 2015.

[x], 341 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-307) and index.

Who could have guessed it? -- DNA is confirmed as the code -- The story in the picture -- A couple of misfits -- The secret of life -- The sister molecule -- The logical next step -- First draft of the human genome -- How heredity changes -- The advantage of living together -- The viruses that are part of us -- Genomic level evolution -- The master controllers -- Our history preserved in our DNA -- Our more distant ancestors -- The great wilderness of prehistory -- Our human relatives -- The fate of the Neanderthals -- What makes you unique -- The fifth element.