Tuesday, June 25, 2024

The Making of the Fittest - Sean B Carroll

 Sub-title: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution

The problem with reading books about DNA is they become stale so quickly!  This one was written in 2006 and introduced me to a new author in the field.  He's written more recent books on similar topics that I'll be looking out for.  

This title makes the argument for evolution by providing scientific research and analysis.  I found it very approachable although I got lost in some of the terminology.  My primary take away was that there is a lot of evidence for evolution and DNA made those discoveries possible.  A good read.

Quotes/comments:

Term - fossil DNA

Term - the length of DNA that codes for an individual protein is called a gene

gene duplication are a common form of change in DNA



Published: 2006  Read: June 2024   Genre: Science

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