Human Evolutionary Genetics: Origins, Peoples and Disease by Mark A. Joblin, Matthew Hurles & Chris Tyler-Smith Garland Science, 523 pp. $61.95, £35

Understanding DNA: The Molecule and How it Works (3rd edn) by Chris Calladine, Horace Drew, Ben Luisi & Andrew Travers Elsevier, 334 pp. £29.95, $45

Animal Physiology by Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson Sinauer, 776 pp. $104.95, £37.99

Gastrulation: From Cells to Embryos edited by Claudio D. Stern Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 731 pp. $150, £100

Introduction to Protein Science: Architecture, Function, and Genomics by Arthur M. Lesk Oxford University Press, 310 pp. £26.99, $51.95

Molecular Markers, Natural History and Evolution (2nd edn) by John C. Avise Sinauer, 655 pp. $59.95, £38.99

Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease (6th edn) by Charles Janeway, Paul Travers, Mark Walport & Mark Shlomchik Garland Science, 848 pp. $74.95; Churchill Livingstone, £39.99

Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction (5th edn) by Roger Lewin Blackwell, 277 pp. $44.95, £19.99