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Genetics Essentials

Concepts and Connections

Fifth Edition

Publication Date: April 15, 2025

Paperback ISBN: 9781319524845

Pages: 592

The essential concepts of genetics expertly covered.

Genetics Essentials provides a student friendly and concise approach to teaching genetics. The approachable writing style and strong pedagogical support are highlights of the text. The new 5th edition is fully supported in Achieve, providing a powerful online learning experience.

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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

Genetics Essentials provides students with a strong foundation upon which to build their conceptual understanding of the field of genetics.

Conceptual Framework

Student-friendly writing style
Chapter opening stories to capture student interest
Concepts, Concepts Checks, Connecting Concepts, Chapter Summary
Learning Outcomes (new)

Art and Media

The art program has been revised to be more modern looking and more understandable for students.
Animations (with assessment questions) are based on figures in the text and are included in Achieve.
Model Genetic Organism infographics are scattered throughout the book to familiarize students with the kinds of organisms used in genetic research

Assessment features in Achieve include:

Assessment questions with hints, feedback, and solutions provide a powerful pedagogical framework to teach students problem solving skills through formative assessments
Adaptive Quizzes and Reading Quizzes can be assigned before class to encourage reading and pre-class preparation.
In-class activities that include slides and worksheets to help you easily implement more active learning in your classroom
Concept Mapping Problems allow students to learn through this effective method while still being automatically graded
Problem Solving Videos provide a step-by-step methodology for working through tough problems
Math readiness assignments allow for remediation of weak math skills that could hold students back in genetics

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For the Digital Update of the fifth edition, the content has been updated to reflect new advances in genetics that have emerged since the fifth edition was published.

For example, the section on pedigrees includes new symbols to represent transgender and nonbinary people.
Three chapters have new introductory stories, a popular feature of the book that helps draw students into the chapter.
Throughout the book, we have updated and revised the content to make the book more inclusive for all students.

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.

Achieve for Genetics Essentials is an online learning system backed by extensive development and research. Proven to increase student engagement and boost performance. Achieve offers:

Access to the ebook to download, read and virtually annotate for a completely flexible experience.
Course and book-specific resources including adaptive quizzing to personalise the experience for students.
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.
Animations (with assessment questions) are based on figures in the text.
Problem Solving Videos provide a step-by-step methodology for working through tough problems.
Math readiness assignments allow for remediation of weak math skills that could hold students back in genetics.