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Anitra Freeman's "Darwin's Children reading list"

Greg Bear appended a short reading list to his sf novel, <i>Darwin’s Children</i>, on the scientific background to the story (which began with <i>Darwin’s Radio</i>). He also has updates at http://www.gregbear.com/

In addition to the books, Bear also recommends these websites:
1. River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (Science Masters Series)
by Richard Dawkins
 
2. What Evolution Is
by Ernst Mayr
 
3. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
by Stephen Jay Gould
 
4. Reinventing Darwin: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory
by Niles Eldredge
 
5. The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpretation of a Historical Myth
by Peter J. Bowler
 
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Dealing with Genes: The Language of Heredity
by Paul Berg
 
7. Acquiring Genomes: The Theory of the Origins of the Species
by Lynn Margulis
 
8. Darwin In the Genome: Molecular Strategies in Biological Evolution
by Lynn Caporale
 
9. Lamarck's Signature : How Retrogenes Are Changing Darwin's Natural Selection Paradigm (Helix Books Series)
by Edward J. Steele
 
10. Retroviruses  
11. Lateral DNA Transfer: Mechanisms and Consequences
by Frederic Bushman
 
12. The Scent of Eros: Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality
by James Vaughn Kohl
 
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Created by Anitra Freeman on Jan 06, 2007.