This second edition updates the first with the many advances in the rapidly growing field of genetics. It provides a nice treatment of the mathematical and stochastic models that are useful in genetic studies.It is a little disappointing that it does not go into the microarray technology that has become so important for experimentation in the last few years. Other recent books that cover statistical aspects of genetic research are Weir (1996) "Genetic Data Analysis II" Sinauer Associates (publisher) and Yang (2000) "Introduction to Statistical Methods in Modern Genetics" Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.