Principles of Genetics - Hardcover

Snustad, D. Peter; Simmons, Michael J.; Jenkins, John B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471311960 ISBN 13: 9780471311966

Publisher: Wiley, 1997

Synopsis

This clear, concise look at the basic principles and concepts of genetics uses a human genetics perspective to discuss the methods and experiments upon which genetic principles are based, such as DNA replication.

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From the Back Cover:

The cover shows many facets of genetics. Top row, Left: The DNA double-helix, here imaged in a scanning tunneling micrograph, is central to all genetics research. Right: Experimentation has shown that some social behaviors, such as nest cleaning by honeybees, is under genetic control. Second row, Left: Inherited disorders such as albinism, manifested here in a bullfrog, have provided many insights about the genetic control of metabolism. Right: Gregor Mendel's 19th-century work with pea plants elucidated the basic principles of inheritance. Third row, Left: Efforts to combat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, depend on knowing how the virus expresses its genes inside the cells of the immune system. Right: The fruit fly is ideally suited for studies on the genetic control of embryonic development and organ formation. Fourth row, Left: The identification of mutations that cause unregulated cell division facilitates the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer. Right: HeLa cells, derived in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks, a woman who died of cervical cancer, thrive in the laboratory and are used in research worldwide. Bottom row: The replication of chromosomes (left) is a prerequsite for cell division (right).

About the Author:

D. Peter Snustad
Michael J. Simmons

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0471311960
• ISBN 13: 9780471311966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 829