Principles of Genetics

Gardner, Eldon John, Snustad, D. Peter

ISBN 10: 0471876100 / ISBN 13: 9780471876106

Published by Wiley, 1984

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Genetics
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471876100
• ISBN 13: 9780471876106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

An up-to-date, well-balanced text covering the basic principles of genetics. Includes a thorough updating in the rapidly changing area of molecular genetics. Presents new material on restriction enzyme mapping, DNA sequencing, the genetic control of antibody structure, oncogenes and proto-oncogenes, and much more. Includes new problems, high quality illustrations, and end-of-chapter summaries.

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).