Human Heredity With Infotrac: Principles and Issues - Softcover

Cummings, Michael R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534394744 ISBN 13: 9780534394745

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

The clear, readable, concise, highly polished and refined writing is a traditional strength of HUMAN HEREDITY: PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES. Complex topics and important concepts are presented with great clarity and precise logic, without oversimplifying the topic. In this beautifully illustrated and thoroughly revised new edition, Michael Cummings guides students toward understanding the hows and whys of genetic topics and new discoveries. Using an accessible writing style to explain complex concepts, Cummings includes the right balance of detail at the right level for nonscience students. In addition, he helps student see the social, cultural, and ethical implications associated with the use of genetic technology.In light of the recent developments in these fields (completion of the human genome), Cummings has incorporated such newly acquired "knowledge" and the resulting modern methods and& technology not only in Chapter 13, but also throughout the book, wherever applicable, as a kind of "thematic update." (Before, genetics was research/experiment-driven. Now, it has become data-driven, hence the term "data mining."This edition will also feature a significantly stronger Web integration, mostly built around providing students with the appropriate tools to master the thinking skills needed to learn human genetics. The earlier chapters will feature a web-based "toolbox" which will walk students through the process of understanding, analyzing, and working out problems, and which will in turn enable them to understand the various difficult genetics concepts in the later chapters.

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About the Author

Michael Cummings is the author and co-author of a number of widely used college textbooks, including "Concepts of Genetics " (co-authored with Klug) and "Essentials of Genetics." He has also written sections on genetics for the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, and has published a newsletter on advances in human genetics for instructors and students. He received his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University. His doctoral work, conducted in the laboratory of Dr. R.C. King, centered on ovarian development in Drosophila melanogaster. At the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he has been teaching and doing research for more than 25 years, his current research interests involve the role of the short arm/centromere region of human chromosome 21 in chromosomal aberrations. His laboratory is working on constructing a physical map of this region to explore molecular mechanisms of chromosome interactions. Michael's interest in scientific literacy prompted him to organize a course in human genetics for non-majors. He still teaches this course at present, in addition to genetics for biology majors and general biology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534394744
• ISBN 13: 9780534394745
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 520