I couldn't get to grips with the style of this book. I'll warn you now that the author assumes alot about the reader, that you have a firm understanding of genetic principles and terms - this narrows the target audience to I would say a specialist in genetics. This is not a general text - look to Strachan and Reads Human Molecular Genetics for that. The style of the book is conflicting with the content which is obviously a vast subject, the author is almost in conversation with you just reeling information off as the subject requires. It makes it hard to follow the themes sometimes. If you are confident in genetics and, and have things straight in your mind regarding the theories and application, then you will profit from a viewing of this book, if not then I think you will struggle. The author in my opinion should consider a little more about delivery of the content, (style is important with so much to cover!) than the 'throw out as much information as you can' approach. A tricky text it caused me to re-read, and re-read, and re-read, and....