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Edited by Michael B. Gravanis. 576 pp., illustrated. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, 1993. $95. ISBN 0-8016-6336-9.

In preparing this book, Gravanis recruited 21 contributors, including 16 from Emory University, to produce 17 chapters, 13 of them coauthored by the editor himself. Each is introduced by a neat outline before proceeding, usually successfully, to cover the material promised in the book's title, with varying emphasis on molecular biology and genetics. The introduction by Willis Hurst emphasizes the suitability of this material for everyone from the student to the specialist, and for once this recommendation amounts to more than a publisher's blurb. Yet, although this book is a major educational achievement, there are imbalances and omissions.

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