Introduction: a race to the future -- A brief history of the genome project -- About the map -- Back to basics -- Mendel's garden: setting the stage -- Darwin's natural selection -- Cells: a hidden universe -- DNA: the molecule of heredity -- The central dogma of molecular biology -- Gene mapping and sequencing before the HGP -- Of mice and men, and other creatures -- Bacteria -- Brewer's yeast -- Roundworm -- Fruit fly -- Human -- A genome grab bag -- Reading the book of life --Take a look at yourself -- What's in a number -- Linking genes to traits and functions -- Mutation: in the eye of the beholder? -- Population genomics: something for everyone -- Gene regulation and expression -- Genomics applied: tackling cancer -- What is cancer? -- Linking genes and cancer -- Surveying gene expression -- Using microarrays in cancer study -- One cancer, many diseases -- Toward personalized cancer care -- Cancer viruses and vaccines -- The future of cancer therapy -- Genes and the roots of disease -- Beyond Mendel: modern genetics -- Huntington's disease: an autosomal dominant disease -- Cystic fibrosis: an autosomal recessive disease -- Diabetes: a polygenic, multifactorial disease -- Genes, environment, or both? -- Genes, environment, or both? -- Personalized medicine -- Systems biology: more than the sum of our parts -- The genomics of evolution -- Evolution's notebook -- Out of Africa: genomic diversity -- Y chromosomal Adam -- Mitochondrial Eve -- Neanderthals: our lost cousins -- Are we the third chimpanzee? -- A brave new genomic world -- Forensic genomics -- Genomes 'r' us -- Learning from Watson's genome -- Stem cells -- A word about cloning -- Prenatal testing and gene therapy -- Legal and ethical concerns -- Our genomic future.