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With Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections, Ben Pierce presents an approachable genetics text that focuses on major genetic concepts and how they connect, giving students a foothold in a complex subject. Similar in approach to Ben Pierce’s popular and acclaimed Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, this streamlined text covers basic transmission, molecular, and population genetics in just 18 chapters, helping students uncover major concepts of genetics and make connections among those concepts as a way of gaining a richer understanding of the essentials of genetics. The new edition of Genetics Essentials is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan’s new online learning platform. The new 5th edition continues this mission by expanding upon the powerful pedagogy and tools that have made this title so successful. New question types, more learning guidelines for students, and an updated art program round out a powerful text, and improvements to the online resources in our newest platform, Achieve, give students the conceptual and problem solving understanding they need for success. Achieve is Macmillan’s new online learning platform that supports educators and students throughout the full range of instruction, including assets suitable for pre-class preparation, in-class active learning, and post-class study and assessment. The pairing of a powerful new platform with outstanding biology content provides an unrivaled learning experience.

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Author:   Benjamin Pierce
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Edition:   5th ed. 2021
ISBN:  

9781319383367

ISBN 10:   131938336
Publication Date:   15 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Brief Contents 1. Introduction to Genetics 2. Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction  3. Basic Principles of Heredity  4. Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles  5. Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping  6. Chromosome Variation 7. Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems 8. DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene  9. DNA Replication and Recombination  10. From DNA to Proteins: Transcription and RNA Processing  11. From DNA to Proteins: Translation  12. Control of Gene Expression  13. Gene Mutations, Transposable Elements, and DNA Repair  14. Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology  15. Genomics and Proteomics  16. Cancer Genetics  17. Quantitative Genetics  18. Population and Evolutionary Genetics 

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Benjamin Pierce is Professor of Biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he teaches courses in genetics and evolution. He previously taught at Connecticut College and Baylor University. Ben is a population geneticist who conducts ecological and evolutionary research on amphibians. He has authored a number of articles in research journals and several books, including The Family Genetics Sourcebook, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections, and Transmission and Population Genetics: A Short Course. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is a fellow of the Texas Academy of Science. He has received grants from the Natural Science Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the 3M Foundation, the National Park Service, the Williamson County Conservation Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.

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