Main description:

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.

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