Best basic primer on genetics?

I have been primarily a lurker for some months and have learned a lot from the interactions here. I wonder if the more knowledgeable folks on the forum can do me a favor.

I am an electrical engineer by training and profession, so my biological background is sparse. Can one or more of you please direct me to what you would consider to be the best, basic presentation on genetics at a fundamental level and then perhaps a second resource that would discuss why a very recent Adam and Eve from which we all descend genetically would seem to be excluded by the genetic evidence? I hate the whole “X for Dummies” schtick since none of us here are dummies, but I am looking for a really good “Fundamentals of Genetics for Beginners” kind of thing, with a special eye toward the origins debate.

Thanks!

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