The Seven Daughters of Eve. Bryan Sykes. W. W. Norton & Company, New York. 2001. Pp. 306. Price $18.16, hardback. ISBN 0-393-02018-5.

The Tangled Field. Nathaniel C. Comfort. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2001. Pp. 337. Price £25.95, hardback. ISBN 0-674-00456-6.

Gene Probes: Principles and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 179). Marilena Aquino de Muro and Ralph Rapley (eds). Human Press Inc., Totowa, New Jersey. 2001. Pp. 272. Price $73.18, hardback. ISBN 0-89603-885-8.

Genetics and the Search for Modern Human Origins. John H. Relethford. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 2001. Pp. 252. Price $51.95, hardback. ISBN: 0-471-38413-5.

Solving Problems in Genetics. Richard V. Kowles. Springer-Verlag, New York. 2001. Pp. 479. Price $24.95, paperback. ISBN 0-387-98841-6.

The Genetics of the Dog. Anatoly Ruvinsky and Jeff Sampson (eds). CABI Publishing, Oxford. 2001. Pp. 564. Price £85.00, hardback. ISBN 0-85199-520-9.

Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome. Nancy C. Andreasen. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp. 368. Price £15.99, hardback. ISBN 0-19-514509-7.