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Homology (Novartis Foundation Symposium 222). Gregory R. Bock and Gail Cardew (eds). John Wiley and Sons, Chichester. 1999. Pp. 256. Price £75.00, hardback. ISBN 0 471 98493 0.

Race and IQ (Expanded edn). Ashley Montagu (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 486. Price £17.50, hardback. ISBN 0 19 510220 7.

Basic Human Genetics (2nd. edn). Elaine J. Mange and Arthur P. Mange. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts. 1999. Pp. 530. Price £27.95, paperback. ISBN 0 87893 497 9.

Evolution and Speciation of Island Plants. Tod F. Stuessy and Mikio Ono (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1998. Pp. 358. Price £50.00, hardback. ISBN 0 521 49653 5.