pa·tri·o·pho·bi·a -- n. 

1.  The fear of heredity.

Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity by Jennifer G. Ackerman

An award-winning science writer, Ackerman combines the gifts of vision and language with in-depth knowledge to explore how human heredity links us to the rest of the natural world. Chance in the House of Fate is an elegant and fascinating natural history of humanity seen through the microscopic lenses of our genes and cells...(Read More)