Mapping Our Genes: The Genome Project and the Future of Medicine

Genomes, or the human genetic histories contained in each DNA molecule's 100,000 genes, are discussed here in accessible terms. Wingerson shows how researchers trace hereditary diseases and predicts that scientists will soon be able to identify most of the principal genes. This is a ``laudable, ambitious effort'' written in ``detective-story fashion,'' said PW. Illustrated. (Sept.)