Genome by Matt Ridley

This is a clever book about the genome, taking each chromosome and using it as a tag to discuss a genetic topic. The writing is very interesting. The topics are very good. The most interesting was Instinct, which had a lot of linguistics. He also disposes of Marxism, Leninism, Freudianism, and other -isms in one page. The prion chapter is somewhat alarming. The evolutionary gymnastics to explain the X and Y chromosomes is amusing.