Overview

Designed for introductory genetics courses, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach focuses on the important concepts and mechanics of genetics without losing students in a sea of detail. Drawing on more than twenty years of teaching experience, the author makes this often complex subject seem clear and accessible by making important connections between topics, providing advice and encouragement at difficult places, and describing the people, places, and experiments of genetics that make the subject interesting and alive.

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Author:   Benjamin A. Pierce
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   2.068kg
ISBN:  

9780716788812

ISBN 10:   0716788810
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   01 December 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780716779285
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contents;Introduction to Genetics; Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction; Basic Principles of Heredity; Sex Determination and Sex-Linked Characteristics; Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles; Pedigree Analysis and Application; Linked Genes and Recombination; Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems; Chromosome Variations; Dna the Chemical Nature of the Gene; Chromosome Structure and Organization, Transposable Elements; Dna Replication and Recombination; Transcription; Rna Molecules and Rna Processing; The Genetic Code and Translation; Control of Gene Expression; Gene Mutations and Dna Repair; Recombinant Dna Technology; Genomics; Organelle Dna; Developmental Genetics, Immunogenetics, and Cancer Genetics; Quantitative Genetics; Population and Evolutionary Genetics; Rna Molecules and Rna Processing; The Genetic Code and Translation; Control of Gene Expression; Gene Mutations and Dna Repair; Recombinant Dna Technology; Genomics; Organelle Dna; Developmental Genetics, Immunogenetics, and Cancer Genetics; Quantitative Genetics; Population and Evolutionary Genetics

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