Principles of Genetics - Hardcover

Gardner, Eldon John; Snustad, D. Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471876100 ISBN 13: 9780471876106

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1984

Synopsis

Recent research findings in the areas of molecular, population, and human genetics are given close attention in this general genetics text

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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).

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471876100
• ISBN 13: 9780471876106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 672