Genetics Essentials

Concepts and Connections

Fifth Edition

Publication Date: January 15, 2021

Paperback ISBN: 9781319383367

Pages: 592

The essential concepts of genetics expertly covered.

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Introduction to Genetics
Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction
Basic Principles of Heredity
Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles
Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping
Chromosome Variation
Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems
DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene
DNA Replication and Recombination
From DNA to Proteins: Transcription and RNA Processing
From DNA to Proteins: Translation
Control of Gene Expression
Gene Mutations, Transposable Elements, and DNA Repair
Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology
Genomics and Proteomics
Cancer Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Population and Evolutionary Genetics

Provides students with a strong foundation upon which to build their conceptual understanding of the field of genetics.
Utilizing a conceptual framework, this text offers a student-friendly writing style and uses chapter opening stories to capture student interest. Also included are Concepts, Concepts Checks, Connecting Concepts, Chapter Summaries and Learning Outcomes for each chapter.
The powerful revised art and media program is more modern and understandable for students, and includes animations (with assessment questions) that are based on figures in the text and replicated in Achieve.
Meaningful assessments comprise Connecting Questions that help students synthesize concepts from different chapters to understand the big picture. These new questions ensure that students get a bigger picture of the science of genetics and, much like real geneticists, learn to use information from different disciplines in genetics in problem-solving.
Concept Mapping Questions are also simultaneously available in the book and Achieve and ask students to build a visual representation of a topic.

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Connecting Problems allow students to connect concepts across chapters. These questions ask students to integrate what they have learned over several chapters, and to apply what they learned to problem solving.
Concept Mapping Exercises help students conceptually map out topics within a chapter. The exercises ask students to map out concepts discussed in the chapter, including key terms and describing how they are connected. Creating connections between concepts and ideas is critically important for effective learning. These new concept mapping exercises are designed to help students build understanding of the relationships among important concepts and terms by creating a visual map that depicts these relationships. These problems can be assigned as homework, or students can work on them in groups, allowing them to discuss how to organize the concepts in a map.
End-of-chapter Learning Objectives help frame the concepts covered in each section. A set of Learning Objectives, one for each A-head, followed by key concepts for that A-head, helps students identify the main learning goals for each chapter.
It stays on the cutting edge of genetics discoveries with the inclusion of more content on CRISPR-Cas9, updated biotechnology and genomics and proteomics techniques (and pared-back coverage of outdated techniques, the revised organization of the epigenetics chapter, a revised chapter on evolution, and updated medical examples.

Benjamin A. Pierce

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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A grade book, assignable assessments with targeted feedback, insights and reporting, instructor resources - all with seamless integration options.
Integrated with iClicker so that instructors and students can benefit in class and remotely from an industry leading student response system.
Nature articles (with assessment questions) embedded at key points in the text.
Problem Solving Videos - that demonstrates how to solve problems that mirror ones that appear in the EOC problem set.
Math readiness assignment - to help students brush up on key math and stats skills needed to be successful in genetics.

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