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		Principles of Genetics 6/e Robert H. Tamarin
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Key Features

Organized to Promote Student Understanding:

a. Separates and differentiates prokaryotic and eukaryotic genetics so students don’t confuse different mechanisms. Chapters 6 & 7 (Linkage and Mapping); Chapters 13 & 15 (Control)

b. Clearly explains and identifies two key processes of the "Central Dogma," translation and transcription, by giving each topic its own chapter, and key concepts in quantitative genetics.

Chapters 10 & 11 (Central Dogma); Chapters 19 & 20 (Population genetics)

c. Emphasizes foundational topics by making the effort to teach these important aspects of genetics. Chapter 3 (Mitosis and Meiosis); Chapter 4 (Probability and Statistics)

d. Logically builds the course from Mendelism to molecular to quantitative genetics; doesn’t intermingle these core areas. Chapters 1-8 (Molecular genetics); Chapters 18-21 (Quantitative genetics)

Modern Coverage of Developmental Genetics (pp. 423-437)

Modern Coverage of Immunogenetics (pp. 440-449)

Modern Coverage of Cancer and AIDS (pp. 449-461, cancer; Box 15.2, AIDS)

Genetics Discussed in Context of Human Health (pedigree analysis, pp. 98-103; aneuploidy in humans, pp. 189-197; breast cancer, p. 348; antibiodics, Box 11.2; globin gene family and thalassemiae, pp. 416-418; imprinting and medical syndromes, p. 507; human chromosomal maps, pp. 132-139).

Plant Models Used Where Important (meiosis in corn, p. 63; life cycle in corn, p. 65; sex determination in flowering plants, p. 88; polyploidy in plants, pp. 197-199; plant development, pp. 435-437; chloroplasts and extrachromosomal inheritance, pp. 512-515).

Molecular Coverage is Up-To-Date (human genome project, gene chips and informatics, pp. 349-355; cloning Dolly, p. 334; snoRNPs, p. 261.)

Thirty-six Boxed Essays Integrated in the Text/Eight "Species" of Boxed Material Appeal to and Motivate Diverse Student Groups (Ethics and Genetics, Box 12.1 & 12.2; Analytical Thinking, Box 6.3 & 19.2; Historical Accounts, Box 2.2; Experimental Methods of Genetic Analysis, Box 14.2 & 16.2; Genetic Discoveries and Hypotheses, Box 9.3; Biomedical Applications, Box 9.2; Molecular Structure and Function, Box 9.4; Genetic Variation, Box 21.3.)

End of Chapter Enumerated Summary Correlated to the Enumerated Study Objectives Found at the Start of the Chapter

End of Chapter Problems and Questions (Two solved problems per chapter; NEW-exercises and problems organized by sections within the chapter; NEW-Critical Thinking questions links/correlation to the George Johnson CD-ROM, Explorations in Cell Biology and Genetics.)