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High–quality illustrations with stepped–out art to help readers visualize complex processes.
∗ Human genetics and the role of the geneticist highlighted throughout.
∗ Two new features in each chapter: introductory "Key Questions" and closing "Basic Exercises."
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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
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- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication date1964
- ISBN 10 0471291250
- ISBN 13 9780471291251
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages386
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