Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy. Mel Greaves. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2000. Pp. 276. Price £19.99, hardback. ISBN 0 19 262835 6.

Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants. Klaus Ammann, Yolande Jacot, Vibeke Simonsen and Gösta Kjellsson (eds). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. 1999. Pp. 272. Price sFr. 128 (DM 148), hardback. ISBN 3 7643 5917 X.

Practical In Situ Hybridization. Trude Schwarzacher and Pat Heslop-Harrison. BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford. 2000. Pp. 203. Price £21.95, paperback. ISBN 1 85996 138 X.

DNA Profiling and DNA Fingerprinting. Jörg T. Epplen and Thomas Lubjuhn (eds). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. 1999. Pp. 252. Price SFr. 128 (DM 148), spiral-bound paperback. ISBN 3 7643 6018 6.

C. elegans : A Practical Approach. Ian A. Hope (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 281. Price £29.95, paperback. ISBN 0 19 963738 5.

A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes and Society. James D. Watson. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2000. Pp. 250. Price £18.99, hardback. ISBN 0 19 850697.

Genetics of Populations (2nd edn). Philip W. Hedrick. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA. 2000. Pp. 553. Price £26.99, hardback. ISBN 0 7637 1076 8.