"We can change the world with genetic modification--but should we? CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. If it sounds complicated, it is--but it's also one of the most powerful ways we can shape the future. And it's poised to completely upend the way we think about science. Author Yolanda Ridge tackles this topic in a friendly and accessible tone, with two introductory chapters covering the basics of DNA and...

This is the real-life story of Jeremy, a rare garden snail found in 2015 by a retired London scientist. Jeremy's shell spiraled to the left, indicating reversed internal anatomy--including a heart positioned on the right. As a result, a similarly rare mate was needed in order to procreate.

Keyed to the requirements of middle and high school curricula, the experiments include information on the following: Dominant and recessive traits -- Electrophoresis -- Gene expression -- Genetic engineering -- The inheritance of traits and chromosomes -- Karyotypes to determine abnormalities -- Meiosis -- Mutations and chromosomes -- The Punnett square -- Sex-linked traits -- The stages of mitosis -- The structure of DNA.